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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


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The  Corporation 315 

Standing  Committees  of  the  Consistory 316 

The  Clergy 3*8 

The  Eldership 319 

The  Diaconate 321 

The  Communion  Services 325 

The  Organists 325 

The  Choristers '. 326 

The  Sextons  and  Their  Deputies 326 

Schedule  of  Benevolent  Offerings 327 

The  Succession  of  Ministers 32S 

The  Great  Consistory 329 

The  Churches  and  Chapels 330 

General  Statistics 332 

Statistics  of  the  Several  Churches  and  Chapels: 

The  Middle  Church 333 

The  Church  at  Fifth  Ave.  and  Twenty-ninth  St 350 

The  Church  at  Fifth  Ave.  and  Forty-eighth  St 371 

The  Church  at  West  End  Ave.  and  Seventy-seventh  St.  .  3S7 

The  University  Heights  Church 407 

North  Church  Chapel 412 

Thirty-fourth  Street  Reformed  Church 415 

Knox  Memorial  Chapel 422 

Vermilye  Chapel 434 

Other  Institutions: 

The  Collegiate  School fm  449 

Burial  Place  for  the  Clergy '. .  453 

Burial  Place  for  the  Poor 453 

Collegiate  Church  Free  Bed  in  Perpetuity  in  the  Presby- 
terian Hospital 453 

The  Ministers'  Library 453 

Appendix: 

I.     The  Rev.  Thomas  De  Witt.  D.  D 457 

II.     Bi-Centenary  of  the  Charter 466 

.  III.     Memorial  Windows  in  the  Middle  Church: 

I.     For  Rev.  Talbot  W.  Chambers.  S.  T.  D..  »  468 

II.     For  Mr,  and   Mrs.  Edwin   Hyde 473 

IV.     Memorial  Tributes: 

I.      Mr.  John  Graham 475 

IV.     Mr.  Ebenezer  Monroe 477 

III.     Mr.  Peter  Roome  Warner 478 

V.     Peter  M  inuit 480 

VI.     Krankenbezoekers 486 


Calendar. 

Good  Friday,  .....         April  16th 

Easter, April  18th 

The  Ascension   Day May  27th 

Whitsun-Day, June  6th 

Christmas,        .....  December  25th 


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ORGANIZED    A.     D       1628. 
CHARTERED    A      D.    1696. 


2Et)c  Corporation. 

Ministers. 

The  Rev.   Edward   B.   Coe,   D.D.,   L.L.D. 

The  Rev.  David  Jas.  Bcrrell,  D.D. 


Elders. 

For  the  term  ending  1898. 

Lucius  H.  Beers, 
Henry  W.  Bookstaver, 
John  S.  Bussing, 
William  P.  Glenney, 
Frederic  R.  Hutton, 
Henry  Talmadce, 


Deacons. 

For  the  term  ending  1898. 

Francis  L.  Ives,  M.  D., 
Francis  E.  La im beer, 
Charles  A.  Runk, 
Cummings  H.  Tucker,  Jr. 
Hubert  Van  Wagknen, 
Theodore  Wentz. 


For  the  term  ending  1899 

Gerard  Beekman, 
William  L.  B rower, 
Robert  Buck, 
Lewis  Johnston, 
Ralph  N.  Perlee, 
Charles  II .  Woodruff 


For  the  term  ending  1899. 

John  F.  Chambers, 
William  C.  Giffing, 
Henry  L.  Harrison, 
Charles  H.  Stitt, 
William   H.Van  Steenbergh, 
Joseph  Walker,  Jr. 


Officers  of  the  Corporation, 

Theophilus  A.  Brouwer.  Treasurer. 
Charles  Stewart  Phillips.  Clerk. 
The  office  is  at  113  Fulton  Street. 


The  regular  meetings  of  the  Consistory,  composed  of  the  Ministers,  Fldei-> 
and  Deacons  as  noted,  are  hold  in  the  Consistory  Room  of  the  Church  at  Fifth 
Avenue  and  Forty-eighth  Street,  on  the  first  Thursday  evening  of  each  month, 
at  eight  o'clock. 

Communit  ations  should  be  sent  to  the  Clerk. 


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Standing  Committees  of  the  Consistory. 
Finance. 

Tenn   F.nd> 

Lewis  Johnston, .  1898 

Henry  W.  Bookstavf.r,        .....  1S99 

Ralph  N.  Perlef,    ......  1900 

Henry  Talmadge,        ......  1901 

Robert  Buck  (Chairman),       ....  1902 

Charles  H.  Woodruff,       .....  1903 

Theophilus  A.    BrOUWER,   Treasurer,  ex-officio, 
113  Fulton  Street. 

Church   Masters. 

First  Class.     Term  Ends  i3^8.  Second  Class.     Term  Ends  1899. 

Messrs.  Glenney  and  Runk.         Messrs.   Brower   (Chair- 
man), Giffing  and  Walker. 

Sacred  Music. 

Messrs.  Woodruff  (Chairman),  Brower,  Glenney,  Perlee 

and  Lai.mueer. 

Applications  for  Aid. 

Messrs.   Johnston    (Chairman),    Bussing,   Glenney,   Har- 
rison  and  Wentz. 

North   Church   Chapel. 

Messrs.  Van    Steenbergh     (Chairman),    Brers,  'Hition, 
Woodruff  and  Tucker. 

*  Knox  Memorial  Chapel. 

Messrs.     Brower     (Chairman),     Talmadge,     Woodruff, 
Chambers  and  Van  Wagenen. 


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Thirty-fourth  Street  Reformed  Church. 

Messrs.  Bussing  (Chairman),  Johnston,  Perlee,  Ives  and 
Van  Steenbergh. 

University  Heights  Church. 

Messrs.  Bookstaver  (Chairman),  Beers,  Talmadge,  Runk 
and  Walker. 

Collections. 

Rev.   Dr.  Coe  (Chairman),  Rev.  Dr.    Burrell,    Rev. 
Mr.  Cobb,  Rev.  Mr.  Fagg  and  Rev.  Dr.  Schenck. 

Year  Book  of  1898. 

Rev.   Mr.   Fagg   (Chairman),   Messrs.   Beekman,    Bussing, 
Brower  and  Ives. 

Trustees  of  the  Church  School. 

Term  Ends. 

First    Class — Messrs.    Bookstaver    (Chairman) 

and  Hutton  (Secretary) 1899 

Second  Class — Messrs.  Beekman  and  Perlee 1900 

Third  Class— Messrs.  Beers  and    Glenney    and- 
Mr.  Robert  Schell 1898 

Middle  Church  (Special  Committee). 

Messrs.  Woodruff  (Chairman),  Brower,  Glenney,  Cham- 
bers and  Van  Steenbergh. 


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Ministers. 

The  Rev.  Edward  B.  Coe,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
The  Rev.  David  J  as.  Burrell,   D.D. 

Assistant   Ministers. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Evertson  Cobb, 

The  Rev.  John  Gerardus  Faog, 

The  Rev.  Ferdinand  Schureman  Schenck,   D.D 

Ot/ier  Clergy  Officiating. 

The  Rev.  Kenneth  F.  Junor,  M.D. 
The  Ret.  William  Vaughan, 
The  Rev.  Alfred  E.  Myers, 
The  Rev.  John  Lewis  Clark, 
The  Rev.  Archibald   H.  Bradshaw. 


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'"PHE  office  of  the  Elders  is,  in  conjunction  with  the 
Ministers,  to  admit  members  to  the  full  com- 
munion of  the  Church,  to  dismiss  them  to  other 
Churches,  to  exercise  discipline  upon  those  who  have 
erred  from  the  faith,  or  offended  in  morals,  and  to  have 
a  general  oversight  of  the  spiritual  interests  and  wel- 
fare of  the  Church. 

It  is  the  established  custom  for  the  Ministers  and  El- 
ders to  meet  statedly  at  the  Church,  corner  of  Fifth 
avenue  and  Twenty-ninth  street,  on  the  last  Thursday 
afternoon  in  each  month,  from  October  to  May,  both 
inclusive,  at  half  past  four  o'clock,  except  that  in  the 
month  of  November  they  meet  at  the  same  hour  and 
place  on  the  last  Friday  of  that  month.  In  addition  to 
these  meetings,  the  Elders  worshipping  at  the  several 
Churches,  with  the  Minister  in  charge,  meet  in  the 
week, prior  to  each  communion  service  in  the  respec- 
tive Churches, for  the  purpose  of  receiving  such  persons 
as  apply  for  admission  into  the  full  communion  of  the 
Church.  Provision  is  also  made  for  the  reception  of 
members  at  the  several  chapels  by  the  Elders  upon  the 
respective  Chapel  Committees  elected  by  the  Consis- 
tory. Of  all  these  meetings  due  notice  is  given.  In  the 
Spring  of  each  year  delegates  to  represent  the  Colle- 
giate Church  in  the  Classis.of  New  York  are  selected 
from  among  the  Elders,  and  a  statistical  report  of  mem- 
bership, and  of  contributions  for  denominational  and 


other  objects,  according  to  the  form  prescribed  by  the 
General  Synod,  is  prepared  and  sent  to  Classis,  accom- 
panied with  such  remarks  on  the  spiritual  state  of  the 
congregations  as  is  deemed  proper. 

The  Elders  of  the  Collegiate  Church  who  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Consistory  are  the  following: 

Gerard  Beekman 5  E.  Thirty-fourth  St. 

Lucius  H.  Beers 35  \V.  Eighty-second  St. 

Henry  S.  Bookstaver 14  E.  Sixty-seventh  St. 

William  L.  Broyver 28  W.  Twenty-second  St. 

Robert  Buck 131    W.    Forty-seventh    St. 

John  S.  Bussing 26  E.  Tenth  St. 

William  P.  Glenney....  242   W.    Seventy-fifth    St. 

Frederic  R.  Huttox 296   Lexington   Ave. 

Lewis  Johnston 52  W.  Eighty-fifth  St. 

Ralph  N.  Perlee 150  Lexington  Ave. 

Henry  Talmadge 538  Madison  Ave. 

Charles  H.  Woodruff 14  E.   Sixty-eighth  St 


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3Hjr  Oiaronatr. 

THE  Diaconate  of  the  Collegiate  Church  consists  of 
those  Deacons  (twelve  in  number)  who  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Consistory.     The  following  constitute  the 
Board  for  the  present  year: 

John  F.  Chambers 3       "The  Rockingham," 

(  56th   St.  and   Broadway. 

William  C.  Giffing 277   W.   Seventy-first  St. 

Henry  L.  Harrison 69  E.  Fifty-fourth  St. 

Francis  L.  Ives,  M.  D 117  E.  Thirtieth   St. 

Francis  E.  Laimbeer 206  Broadway. 

Charles  A.  Runk 165  W.  Fifty-eighth  St. 

Charles  H.  Stitt 181  \V.  Eighty-eighth  St. 

Cummings  H.Tucker, Jr.. 309  \V.  Eighty-seventh  St. 

Wm.  H.  Van  Steenbergh 352   Madison   Ave. 

Hubert  Van  Wagenen 36  E.   Fifty-third  St. 

Joseph  Walker,  Jk 112  E.  Thirty-seventh  St. 

Theodore  VVentz 328  W.  Seventy-seventh  St. 

The  Collegiate  Church  still  finds,  as  she  has  done  in 
all  past  periods  of  her  history,  the  truth  of  the  Saviour's 
words:  ''The  poor  ye  have  always  with  you,"  and  for 
them  she  makes  constant  provision. 

The  province  of  the  Hoard  of  Deacons,  let  it  be  un- 
derstood, is  to  assist  only  those  who  are  members  of  our 
Church  in  full  communion,  connected  with  one  of  our 
associated  Churches,  or  with  either  of  the  Chapels. 

The  Roarc^is  very  efficiently  organized  for  its  special 

Note  on  the  Diaconate.— In  his  "Christian  Institutions"  Dean  Stanley 
remarks  concerning  the  Order  of  Deacons  that  "  the  only  institution  which  retains 
at  once  the  name  and  reality  is  the  Diaconate,  as  it   exists  in  the    Dutch  Church." 


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work.  Its  members  are  divided  into  monthly  standing 
committees,  consisting  of  two  persons,  whose  duty  it 
is  to  call  on  pensioners,  if  accessible,  at  least  once  a 
month,  and  to  have  charge  of  all  persons  requiring  or 
applying  for  assistance,  relieving  their  wants,  calling  in 
medical  aid  when  required,  and  in  case  of  death  to  make 
the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  funeral  and  to 
attend  the  same. 

The  beneficiaries  are  divided  into  three  classes  to 
systematize  the  work  and  accomplish  the  best  results. 
The  pensioners  referred  to  above  are  those  of  the  Lord's 
poor,  who,  having  been  found  faithful  and  deserving, 
receive  a  stated  sum  each  month,  varying  according  to 
their  respective  needs,  but  upon  which  they  can  rely, 
and  without  which  they  could  not  fail  to  become  a 
charge  upon  the  authorities,  and  so  bring  a  reproach 
upon  our  Church.  Another  class  is  composed  of  those 
whose  cases  are  given  to  the  care  of  individual  Dea- 
cons, either  on  account  of  their  special  knowledge  of 
the  circumstances  or  at  the  request  of  the  beneficiary 
who  prefers  to  receive  assistance  always  through  the 
same  channel.  All  new  cases  and  those  not  already 
accepted,  form  the  third  class  in  care  of  the  committee 
for  the  month. 

The  Board  depends  upon  the  monthly  offerings  of 
the  congregations  for  the  funds  to  prosecute  its  labors. 
The  offerings  of  the  congregations  during  thte  year 
amounted  to  $3,325.16.  These  funds  are  distributed 
by  the  Deacons  in  person,  with  delicacy  and  yet  with 
care,  and  fliey  seek  to  unite  Christian  sympathy  and 
love  with  a  sound  judgment,  so  as  not  to  break  down 
self-respect  or  encourage  a  habit  of  unseemly  depend- 


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ence.  This  often  requires  no  small  amount  of  time 
and  pains,  but  the  end  is  deemed  to  be  worth  all  it 
costs.  At  best  the  amount  given  to  each  beneficiary 
can  be  but  small,  and  is  generally  not  more  than  suffi- 
cient to  pay  a  modest  rent  in  some  unpretending 
apartment. 

The  "Collegiate  Church  Free  Bed  in  perpetuity"  in 
the  Presbyterian  Hospital  is  open  for  the  use  of  the 
poor,  and  its  privileges  are  granted  by  the  Board  of 
Deacons. 

The  number  of  persons  regularly  assisted  by  the 
Board  for  the  year  just  closed  was  from  23  to  27.  A 
large  proportion  of  these  were  widows.  One  person  is 
at  present  living  in  the  Presbyterian  Home,  in  West 
Seventy-third  Street,  where  her  board  is  regularly  paid 
from  the  Deacons'  Treasury.  Two  are  inmates  of  the 
Home  for  Incurables.     Six  deaths  occurred  in  1896. 

Where  death  occurs  it  is  generally  the  case  that  there 
is  no  provision  on  the  part  of  the  deceased  for  the  pay- 
ment of  the  funeral  expenses,  and  that  the  relatives 
and  friends  are  too  poor  to  defray  them.  In  such 
cases  the  charge  is  deemed  a  proper  one  to  be  borne  by 
the  Board. 

The  congregations  are  earnestly  desired  to  continue 
their  liberal  provision  for  the  work,  which  continues 
alike  through  summer  and  winter.  It  has  often  been 
the  expressed  wish  of  the  Deacons  that  a  more  intimate 
knowledge  of  their  work  among  the  poor  could  be 
had  by  the  congregations;  hence  the  publication  of 
this  statemeift.  The  Deacons  are  ready  and  willing  to 
give  information  at  any  time  to  those  who  seek  it,  or 
the  Secretary  will  gladly  call  in  person  if  desired. 


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For  convenient  reference  a  list  of  the  monthly  com- 
mittees is  herewith  appended: 

Visiting   Committees  of  the  Board  of  Deacons,   iSgy. 

February  . . .  Charles  A.  Runk,  165  West  58th  St. ,  and  Joseph  Walker,  Jr. 

March Joseph  Walker,  Jr.,  112  East  37th  Street,  and  Hubert  Van  Wagenen. 

April.         ...Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  36  East  53d  Street,  and  William  C.  Gifling. 

May William  C.  Giffing.  277  West  71st  Street,  and  Francis  E.  Laimbeer. 

June      Francis  E.  Laimbeer,  _>o6  Broadway,  and  John  F.Chambers. 

July John  F.  Chambers,  "The  Rockingham,"  56th  Street  and  Broadway, 

and  Theodore  Wentz. 

August Theodore  Wentz,  328  West  77th  street,  and  Charles  H.   Stitt. 

September.. Charles  H.  Stitt.  181  West  88th  Street,  and  Cummings  H.  Tucker,  Jr. 
October Cummings  H.    Tucker,  Jr.,  300  West  87th  Street,  and    William  H 

Van  Steenbergh. 
November.  .William   H.    Van    Steenbergh,   352    Madison   Avenue,   and    Francis 

L.  Ives,  M.  \). 
December.  .Francis  L.  Ives,  M.  1>.,  117  East  30th  Street,  and  Henry  L.  Harrison. 
Jan.,  1898..  Henry  L.  Harrison,  6q  East  54th  Street,  and  Charles  A.  Runk. 

Charles   A.   Runk, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Deacons, 

31   Nassau  Street. 


The  Board  of  Deacons  meets  in  the  North  Church 
Chapel,  113  Fulton  Street,  at  half-past  four  o'clock  on 
the  Tuesday  preceding  the  first  Thursday  of  each 
month. 


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*    The  Communion  Services 

The  Lord's  Supper  is  celebrated  as  follows:  + 

In  the  Middle  Church,  2d  Avenue  and  7th  Street — First 
Lord's  Day  in  January,  April,  October,  and  Last  Lord's  Day 
in  June,  in  the  morning. 

In  the  Church,  5th  Avenue  and  29th  Street — First  Lord's 
Day  in  February,  April,  June,  October  and  December,  in  the 
morning. 

In  the  Church,  5th  Avenue  and  48th  Street — First  Lord's 
Day  in  March,  June  and  December,  and  Last  Lord's  Day  in 
September,  in  the  morning.  Also  a  special  celebration 
of  the  Lord's  Supper  on  the  First  Lord's  Day  in  January, 
February,  April  and  jVIay,  in  the  afternoon,  and  a  joint  Com- 
munion* of  all  the  Churches  and  Chapels  in  the  afternoon  of 
Sunday,  November   1st. 

In  the  Church,  West  End  Avenue  and  77th  Street — Last 
Lord's  Day  in  January,  March,  May,  July,  September  and 
November,  in  the  morning. 

In  the  Knox  Memorial  Chapel,  514  9th  Avenue  — Last 
Lord's  Day  in  January.  April,  July  and  October,  in  the 
evening. 

In  the  Vermilye  Chapel,  416  West  54th  Street — Second 
Lord's  Day  in  March,  June  and  November,  in  the  evening. 

In  the  Thirty-fourth  Street  Reformed  Church — Third 
Lord's  Day  in  March,  June,  September  and  December,  in  the 
morning. 

The  Organists. 

Louis  C.  Jacoby,  211   East  29th  St., 

Organist  of  the  Middle  Church. 
Richard  T.  Percy,  3  West  29th  St.,  . 

Organist  of  Church,  5th  Ave.  and  29th  St. 

♦With  a  view  to  the  outward  expression  of  the  common  bond  which  unites 
our  Churches  and  Chapels,  and  in  order  to  promote  mutual  edification  and  fellow- 
ship,  it  has  become  the  custom  for  all  the  congregations  to  join  in  the  reception  ol 
the  Lord's  Supper  on  the  afternoon  of  the  first  Lord's  Day  in  November,  when 
the  ordinance  has  formerly  been  celebrated  in  the  Church  at  Fifth  Avenue  and 
Twenty-ninth  Street.  In  1897  this  service  will  beheld  in  the  Church  at  Fifth 
Avenue  and  Forty-eighth  Street. 


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Carl  Walter,  705  Lexington  Ave.  » 

Organist  of  Church,  5th  Ave.  and  48th  St. 
Sumner  Salter,  Carnegie  Hall, 

Organist  of  Church,  West  End  Ave.  and  77th  St. 

The  Choristers. 

(As  constituted  for  year  beginning  May  1st,  1S97.) 
Choir  of  Middle   Church. 

Soprano,  Miss  Sarah  King 

Peck.  Tenor,  Taylor  More. 

Alto,  Miss  Helen  Fernbach.  Bass,  Hermann  F.  Dietmann. 

Choir  of  Church ,  j/h  Ave.  and  j<jth   St. 

Soprano,  Mrs.  Anna  M.BuRCH.Tenor,  H.  Evans  Williams. 
Alto,  Miss  Marguerite  Hall.  Bass,  Carl  E.  Dufft. 

Choir  of  Church,  j th  Ave.   and  jSth    St. 

Soprano,    Miss    Lisbeth    B. 

Robinson.  Tenor,  W.  F.  Tooker,  Jr. 

Alto,  Mrs.  Lucille  Saunders 

McGuckin.  Bass,  John  Bolze. 

And  a  full  chorus,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.    Carl  Walter. 

Choir  of  Church,    West  End  Ave.  and  jjth   St.  ' 
Soprano,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Simmons.  Tenor,  Ciias.  Tyler  Dutton. 
Alto,  Mrs.  W.D.Bloodgood.    Bass,  H.  B.  Phinney. 

The  Sextons  and  Their   Deputies. 

James  Dunshce,  507th  St Sexton  of  the  Middle  Church. 

C.  H.  Styles,  168  E.  72d  St... Sexton  of  5th  Ave.  &  29th  St. 

Church. 

Simon  Dobson Deputy.  » 

C.  Van  Roden,  224  E.  50th  St.. Sexton  of  5th   Ave.  &   48th   St. 

Church. 

William  Sundberg Deputy. 

T.  Dc  Witt  Difnshee )    Sexton  of  West  End  Ave.  &  77th 

106  W.  Q2d   St j  St.  Church. 

Robert  A.  Donnelly Deputy. 


Schedule  of  Benevolent   Offerings 

(At  Morning  Services.) 


1897 


January   3d 

"     '  10th 

!!    ,?t£ 

"  24th 

"  31st 

Febr'y  7th 

"  14th 

"  2lSt 

"  28th 

March     7th 

»  ,4th 


April 


May 


June 


July 


28th 
4th 

nth 

18th 

25th 

2d 

9th 
16th 

23d 
30th 

6th 
13th 
20th 
27th 

4th 
nth 

iath 

25th 

August     1st 

•'       -8th 

15th 

"  22d 

"  29th 

Septem'i  5th 
"      12th. 

"      19th 

"      26th 
October    3d 

"        10th 

"     17th 
"     24th 

"        3'St 

Novem.  7th 

»      »4th 

"  2ISt 

"         28th 

Decern.    5th 
"      12th 


19th 
26th 


Middle  Chukch, 
(Second  Avenue 
and  Seventh  St.) 


Poor  (Communion) 

Special 

Church  Bldg.  F'd 

Special 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 

BM  of  Education 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 
j  Church  Sunday 
I     School 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

Industrial  School 
J  Annual,  Foreign 
I     Missions 

Poor 

Amer.  Tract  Soc'y 

Special 
l  Church  Extension 
j     Corhmittee 

Special  • 

Poor 

Missions 


Poor  (Communion) 

Missions 

Special 
I  Seaman's  Friend  & 
I      Port  Societies 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 

{Special 

Special 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 

iAmer.  S.  S.  U.  and 
S.  S.  in  charge  of 
General  Synod 
Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 
N.Y.  City  Missions 
I  Annual, N.  Y.Bible 
1      Society 
Special 
Poor 
Missions 
Special 
Annual,  Domestic 

Missions 
Poor 
Missions 
Special 

j  Widows*  and  Dis- 
abled  Ministers' 
f     Funds 
Hospitals 


Fifth  avenue  & 
Twenty-ninth 
Street  Church 


Missions 

Special 

Church  Bldg.  F'd 

Special 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

Special 

BM  of  Education 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 
j  Church  Sunday 
1     School 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

Special 
I  Annual,  Foreign 
!      Missions 

Poor 

Amer.  Tract  Soc'y 

Special 
I  Church  Extension 
I     Committee 

Special 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

Special 

Wd  of  Publication 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 
l  Seaman's  Friend  & 
)      Port  Societies 

Missions 

Special 


Poor 

Missions 

Special 
(Amer.  S.  S.  U.  and 
<      S.  S.  in  charge  of 
(     General  Synod 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

N.Y. Citv  Missions 
I  Annual, M.Y.Bible 
j      Society 

BE" 

Missions 

Special 
(Annual,  Domestic 
)      Missions 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 
J Sundav  School  of 
I     the  Church 
(Widows'  and  Dis- 
[    abled  Ministers' 


Funds 

Hospitals 


FIFTH  AVENUE  & 

Forty-eighth 
Street  Chukch 


Missions  • 

Church"  iildg.'F'd 

Poor 
Missions 

B'd  of  Education 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

)  Church  Sunday 
School 
Poor 
Missions 

1  Annual,  Foreign 
I      Missions 

Poor 

Amer.  Tract  Soc'y 

(  Church  Extension 
"(      Committee 

Poor 

Poor  (Communion) 

B'd  of  Publication 

Poor 

Missions 

(  Seaman's  Friend  & 
"l      Port  Societies 
Poor 

Missions 

Poor 

Missions 

1  Amer.  S.  S.  U.  and 
-v  S.  S.  in  charge  of, 
{     General  Synod 

Poor  (Communion) 

Missions 

N.Y.  Citv  Missions 
(Annual,  N.Y.  Bible 
I     Society 

Poor' 
(Missions.     (Joint 
I     Com'n  inafter'n) 

{Annual,  Domestic 
Missions 
Poor 
Poor  (Communion) 

(Widows'  and  Dis- 
abled Ministers' 
Funds 

Hospitals 


WLsr  End  Ave.  & 

SLA  LN  I  Y-sEVENTH 

Sikeet  Church 


Missions 

Special 

Church  Bid*.  Fund 

Special 

Poor  (Communion) 

Missions 

Special 

Board  of  Education 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 

!  Church  Sunday 
School 
Poor  (Communion) 
Missions 
Special 

I  Annual,  Foreign 
Missions 

Poor 

Amer.  Tract  Soc'y 

Special 

(Church  Extension 
I     Committee 

Special 

Poor  (Communion) 

Missions 


Poor 

Missions 

Special 
j  Seaman's  Friend  & 
\      Port  Societies 

Poor  (Communion) 

Missions 

Special 

Special 

Special 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 
(  Amer.  S.  S.  U.  and 
<.      S.  S   in  charge  of 
(     General  Synod 

Poor  (Communion' 

Missions 

N.  Y.  Citv  Missions 
(Annual,  N.Y.  Bible 
I     Society 

S|>ecial 

Poor 

Missions 

Special 
j  Annual,  Domestic 
I     (fissions 

Poor  (Communion1 

Missions 

Special 
(  Widows'  and  Dis- 
-,     abled  Ministers' 
I     Funds 

H<  spitals 


Offerings  will  be  made  at  the  University  Heights  Church  at  such  times  and  tor  such 
objects  as  shall  be*  officially  designated. 

Offerings  at  the  Lord's  Supper,  and  on  Thanksgiving  Day  and  Christmas,  are  for  the 
poor  of  the  Church. 

The  Offerings  for  "  Missions,"  noted  above,  are  equally  divided  between  the  Boards 
of  Foreign  and  Domestic  Missions,  unless  otherwise  specified. 

Special  Offerings  are  also  made  in  several  of  the  Churches  at  the  evening  services 


3Tf)e  5>ucrrs8icm  of  JWinistrvs. 


(circa) 


1628-1897 
JONAS  MICHAELIUS,  . 
EVERARDUS  BOGARDUS,     . 
JOHANNES   BACKERUS, 
JOANNES  MEGAPOLENSIS, 
SAMUEL  DRISIUS, 
SAMUEL  MEGAPOLENSIS,    . 
WILF1ELMUS  VAN  NIEWENHUYSEN 
HENRICUS  SELYNS, 
GUALTERUS  DU  DOTS, 

HENRICUS  BOEI 

JOANNES  RITZEMA, 
LAMBERTUS  DE  RONDE,      . 
ARCHIBALD  LAIDLIE, 
JOHN  HENRY  LIVINGSTON, 

WILLIAM  LINN 

GERARDUS  ARENSE  KUYPERS, 
JOHN  NEILSON  ABEEL, 
JOHN   SCHU REMAN, 
JACOB  BRODHEAD, 
PHILIP   MILLEDOLER, 

JOHN   KNOX 

PASCHAL  NELSON  STRONG, 
WILLIAM  CRAIG  BROWNLEE,    . 
THOMAS  DE  WITT, 
THOMAS  EDWARD  VERMILYE, 
TALBOT  WILSON  CHAMBERS,  . 
JOSEPH  TUTH1LL  DURYEA, 
JAMES  MEEKER  LUDLOW,  . 
WILLIAM  ORMISTON.    . 
EDWARD  BENTON  COE, 
DAVID  JAMES  BURRELL,     . 

Assistant  Afitiistws 

JOHN  HUTQHINS 

HENRY  EVERTSON  COBB. 
JOHN  GERARDUS  FAGG, 
FERDINAND  SCHUREMAN  SCHENCK. 


1628- 

1633 

1633- 

1647 

1647- 

1649 

1649- 

1669 

1652- 

1673 

1664- 

1668 

1671- 

1682 

1682- 

1701 

1699- 

1751 

1713- 

1754 

1744- 

1784 

1751- 

1784 

1764- 

1779 

1770- 

1812 

1785- 

1805 

1789- 

1833 

1795- 

1812 

1809- 

1812 

1809- 

1813 

1813- 

1825 

1816- 

1858 

1816- 

1825 

1826- 

i860 

1827- 

1874 

1839- 

1893 

1849- 

1896 

1862- 

1867 

1868- 

1877 

1870- 

1888 

1«7*- 

1891- 

1892- 

1895 

1893- 

[896- 

1  Si  >  7  - 

V») 


<Htje  i&xtat  t&omiztox& 


[Tne  Acting  Consistory  is  composed  of  twelve  Elders  and  as  many  Deacons, 
one-half  of  whom  are  chosen  every  year.  In  important  matters,  such  as  the  call 
of  a  minister,  ail  who  have  ever  held  either  office,  and  continue  members  of  the 
Church,  are  called  together  to  give  counsel,  and  the  body  thus  constituted  is 
known  as  the  Great  Consistory] 


Gerard  Beekman, 
Lucius  H.  Beers, 
William  Bogardus, 
Henry  W.  Bookstaver, 
James  H.  Briggs, 
Theophilus  A.  Brouwer, 
William  L.  Browek, 
Robert  Buck, 
John  S.  Bussing, 
Jas.  Van  Dyck  Card, 
John  F.  Chambers, 
Charles  A.  Colby,  • 
Peter  Donald, 
Robert  Noyes  Fairbanks, 
William  C.  Giffing, 
David  Gillespie, 
William   P.   Glenney, 
Isaac  J.  Greenwood, 
Henry  L.  Harrison, 
♦James  Hopkins, 
Samuel  V.  V!  Huntington, 
Frederic  R.  Hutton, 
Francis  L.  Ives,  M.  D., 
George  T.  Jackson,  M.  D., 
William  E.  Jackson, 
Lewis  Johnston, 


Alexis  A.  Julien, 
Henry  E.  Knox, 
Francis  E.  Laimbeer, 
Edward  V.  Z.  Lane, 
Francis  T.  L.  Lane, 
Robert  F.  Little, 
I.  Ferris  Lockwood, 
Edward  A.  Morrison, 
Ralph  N.  Perlee, 
Chas.  Stewart  Phillips, 
William  V.  V.  Powers, 
Charles  A.  Runk, 
William  B.  Runk, 
Charles  H.  Stitt,  * 
Henry  Snyder, 
Henry  Talmadge, 
Cummings  H.  Tucker,  Jr., 
Wm.  H.  Van  Steenbergh, 
Abm.  V.  W.  Van  Vechten, 
Jasper  T.  Van  Vleck, 
Hubert  Van  Wagenen, 
Joseph  Walker,  Jr., 
Theodore  Wentz, 
Augustus  S.  Wiiiton, 
Charles  H.  Woodruff, 
Frederick  F.  Woodward. 


♦Died  March  20th,  189T 


Sljp  (Jljurrfjes  enb  (Jiappf 


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THE  Collegiate  Church  maintains   nine    places    of 
worship,  as  follows: 

i.  Middle  Church,  Second  Avenue  and  7th  Street. 

2.  Church,  Fifth  Avenue  and  29th  Street. 

3.  Church,  Fifth  Avenue  and  48th  Street. 

4.  Church,  West  End  Avenue  and  77th  Street. 

5.  University  Heights  Church  (Chapel  of  the  University 

of  the  City  of  New  York,  181st  Street). 

6.  North  Church  Chapel,   113   Fulton   Street. 

(Fulton  Street  Prayer  Meeting. 

7.  Thirty-fourth  Street  Reformed  Church. 

8.  Knox  Memorial  Chapel,  514  Ninth  Avenue. 

9.  Vermilye  Chapel,  416  West  54th  Street. 


HP  HE  Dutch  and  Walloon  immigrants  who  formed 
the  first  agricultural  settlement  in  New  Nether- 
lands in  1623  held  their  religious  meetings  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  in  a  spacious  room  in  a  loft  above  the  first 
horse-mill  erected  on  the  island,  and  continued  to  do  so 
even  after  the  Church  was  organized  in  July,  1628. 


331 

,The  following  is  a  list  of  the  buildings  erected  for 
worship  from  the  beginning.  In  the  Year  Books  pre- 
vious to  1894,  a  full  description  of  each  of  them  is  given, 
and  in  that  of  1893  this  is  accompanied  by  pictorial  il- 
lustrations so  far  as  these  were  obtainable: 


1.  A  Wooden  Building  on  the  East  River,  1633. 

2.  The  Stone  Church  in  the  Fort,  1642. 

3.  The  First  Garden  Street  Church,  1693. 

4.  The  Old  Middle  Church  in  Nassau  Street,  1729. 

5.  The  North  Church,  William  Street,   1769. 

6.  The  Second  Garden  Street  Church,   1807. 

7.  The  Middle  Church,  La  Fayette  Place,  1839. 

8.  The  Fifth  Avenue  and  Twenty-ninth  Street  Church, 

1854. 

9.  De  Witt  Chapel,  160  West  Twenty-ninth  Street,  1861. 

10.  Knox  Memorial  Chapel,  514  Ninth  Avenue,  1866. 

11.  Seventh  Avenue  Chapel    Seventh  Avenue  and  Fifty- 

fourth  Street,  1869. 

12.  North  Church  Chapel,   113  Fulton  Street,   1869. 

13..   The  Fifth  Avenue  and  Forty-eighth    Street    Church, 
1872. 

14.  The  New  Middle  Church,  Second  Avenue,  1892. 

15.  The  West  End  Avenue  and    Seventy-seventh    Street 

Church,  1892. 


The  following  buildings  were  erected  by  independent 
congregations,  and  title  thereto  subsequently  acquired 
by  the  Collegiate  Church: 


The  Ninth  Street  Church,  1836.  > 

The  Thirty-fourth  Street  Reformed  Church,  i860. 


\ 


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(ffienernl  Statistics. 


\ 


Members  in  full  Communion. 

Number  of  Communicants,   December  31,    1896 3,337 

Died   during   the    year    32 

Dismissed  to  other  churches    53 

Suspended    1 

Received  on  confession   204 

Received  by  certificate  (including  the    membership    of 
the  Thirty-fourth    Street    Church,    consolidated    with 

De  Witt  Chapel,  337)   477 

Baptisms  during  the  year  1896 

Infants    88 

Adults    26 

114 

Sunday-  Schools . 


OFFICERS 


Middle  Church  

Church,  5th  Avenue  and  29th  Street , 

Church,  5th  Avenue  and  48th  Street , 

Church,  West  End  Avenue  and  77th  Street 

University  Heights  Church   

Thirty-fourth  Street  Reformed  Church..., 

Knox  Memorial  Chapel  

Vermilye  Chapel    


NU  TBACHBKS. 

>CHOLAKS 

43 
24 

522 
l60 

.   .  10  , 

39 

26 

199 

11 

50 

575 

4i 

•   .  33 
.         48 

1,283 
640 

236        3,468 


Co/lections  and  Contributions  in  the  Collegiate  Churches  and  Chapels 
for  Benevolent  Objects  During  the  Year  1S96,  as  Reported  to  the 
Classis  of  ATew  York. 

For  Denominational  Objects $36.234 .03 

For  Other  Benevolent  Objects 8,688.06 

Total    $44,922.09 


STATISTICS 


OF    THE 


Jjpbpral  (Jfturrljps  ano  (fljappls 


Second  Avenue  and  Seventh  Street. 

(Church  House,   No.  50  Seventh  Street  ) 
ALL    SEATS   IN   THIS    CHURCH    ARE    FREE. 

REV.  JOHN  G.  FAGG,  43  Lafayette  Place,  in  charge. 

PETER  BRUCE,  50  Seventh   Street, 

Lay  Assistant. 

Visitors — Mrs.  Henry  Lautenschlager,  318  Sixth  Street. 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Becker,  436  Fifth  Street. 

+ 

Services. 

CUNDAY — At  9.30  a.  m.   Sunday-school,  with  Pri- 
mary,    Intermediate    and    Advanced 
Departments   and   Bible   classes,    for 
*         young  men  and  young  women. 

At  11  a.  M.   Public  Worship,    with   Ser- 
mon by  the  Minister  in  charge. 


334 

At  7.15  p.  M.    Devotional    Meeting-,    for 
i  young  people. 

At  8  p.  M.  Public  Worship,  with  Sermon. 
Tuesday  — At  12  m.    Meeting  of  the   Minister   and 

Visitors. 
Wednesday — At  8  p.  m.    Mid-week  Service  for  Prayer 

and  Praise. 
Thursday   — At   2   p.    M.     Devotional     Meeting,   for 

Women. 
Friday  — At  3.30  p.   m.    Morning  Star   Mission 

Band,  for  Girls. 
Saturday    — At  10.30  a.   m.    The   Industrial   School 
(October  to  April). 


The  Communion  is  celebrated  at  the  morning  service 
on  January  3d,  April  4th,  June  27th,  October  3d. 

Preparatory  Service  on  the  Wednesday  evening,  and 
Communicants'  Prayer  Meeting  on  the  Saturday  even- 
ing, preceding  the  Communion. 

The  Church  House  affords,  with  its  Reading  Room, 
Gymnasium  and  other  appliances,  special  opportunities 
for  instruction,  recreation  and  physical  training.  These 
privileges  are  for  the  regular  attendants  upon  the 
Church  in  one  or  more  of  its  branches. 

The  Minister  in  charge  may  be  seen  at  the  Church 
House  on  each  week  day,  Mondays  excepted,  fr6m  12 
m.  to  12.30  p.  m.,  and  on  Sunday  and  Wednesday  even- 
ings after  the  service. 

Communications  on  any  branch  of  the  work  may  be 
sent  by  mail  to  the  Church  House,  No.  50  Seventh 
Street. 


333 


The  Sunday-School. 


[organized  1S39.] 

Officers  and  Teachers,  . 

43 

Scholars, 

Main  Scliool,     .... 

.     228 

Intermediate  Department,  . 

•       64 

Primary  Department, 

•     23° 

522 

Average  attendance, 

346 

The  School  meets  every  Sunday  morning  at  half-past 
nine  o'clock  throughout  the  year. 

A  schedule  of  lessons  based  upon  the  International 
Series  is  specially  prepared  for  this  School  by  its  Com- 
mittee each  year.  These  are  incorporated  into  a  lesson- 
book,  together  with  questions  on  the  lessons,  to  be 
answered  by  the  scholar  in  writing.  This  book  also 
contains  the  Compendium  of  the  Heidelberg  Catechism 
with  its  questions,  answers  and  proof-texts  printed  in 
full,  a  definite  portion  being  assigned  to  each  Sunday  in 
the  year.  A  copy  of  this  lesson-book  is  placed  in  the 
hands  of  each  scholar.  Easter,  Ascension,  Whitsun- 
tide and  Christmas  have  their  special  lessons.  For 
many  years  efforts  have  been  successfully  made  to 
exalt  the  Bible  as  the  text-book  of  the  School  and  to 
discourage  the  use  of  any  so-called  "helps"  which 
might  usurp  its  place.  The  recitation  of  the  Ten 
Commandments  and  Summary  of  the  Law,  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  the  Creed,  and  the  names  of  the  books  of  the 
Bible  in 'their  order  is  still  required  of  all  who  enter  the 
main  School.  Upon  fulfilling  these  conditions  each 
scholar  is  presented  with  a  Bible,  and  if,  six  months 


after,  these  are  remembered  the  name  of    scholar    is 
printed  in  gilt  on  the  cover  of  the  book. 

On  the  last  Sunday  of  each  quarter  there  is  a  joint 
service  of  all  branches  of  the  School,  which  is  devoted 
to  a  review  of  the'  lessons  for  the  quarter,  and  a  mis- 
sionary outlook  upon  the  fields  occupied  by  our 
Church. 


Report  of  the  Sunday-school  for  the  year  ending 
October  1st,  1896. 

The  Treasurer  received  from  all  sources,  for  ex- 
penses of  the  School,  $1,037.24. 

Total  expenditures,  $1,036.49. 

There v  were  also  contributed,  during  the  year, 
$554.76  for  the  use  of  the  sick  and  needy,  and  $556.18 
for  the  Fresh  Air  work. 

By  means  of  the  latter  three  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  persons  (young,  middle-aged  and  old)  enjoyed 
either  a  vacation  or  an  outing,  conjointly  with  the  Trib- 
une Fresh  Air  Fund,  some  of  them  purchasing  their 
own  tickets  at  reduced  rates  through  the  Tribune  Fresh 
Air  Fund,  or  by  the  kindness  of  railway  companies. 
The  following  were  the  places  visited:  Forty-nine  on 
vacations  of  from  one  to  four  weeks,  to  Pearl  River, 
Hightstown  and  Montvale,  N.  J.,  and  Nanuet  and  Ny- 
ack,  N.  Y.  Thirty-three  through  Tribune  Fresh  Air 
Fund  to  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  Meriden,  Conn.,  Valonia,  dud 
Blain,  Pa.,  and  Adams  Centre,  N.  Y.  At  the  outings, 
fifty-three  women  had  a  day's  pleasure  at  Nanuet,  forty 
children  at  Montvale  and  seventy-five  at  Glen  Island, 
while  eighty-one  were  sent  on  Tribune  day  excursions. 

The  celebrations  at  Christmas,  Easter  and  on  Chil- 


337 


dren's  Day  were  all  largely  attended,  and  were  charac- 
terized by  their  usual  spirit  and  enthusiasm. 

The  missionary  offerings  of  the  children  for  the  year 
amounted  to  $253.91,  which  sum  was  appropriated  as 
follows  : 

Board  of  Foreign  Missions   $50.00 

"      "  Domestic         "     50.00 

Miss  Youngman  for  use  of  school  in  Japan..  50.00 

Dr.  Otte  for  use  in  hospital  at  Amoy,  China..  35.00 
Miss  K.  M.  Talmage  for  use  in  boys'  school  at 

Amoy,   China    25.00 

Miss  K.  Scudder  for  use    in    girls'    school    at 

Ranipetty,  India   25.00 

Armenian   Relief   Association    6.00 

Rev.   F.  H.   Wright  lor  use  among  Indians.  .  12.91 

$253-91 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  SUN  DA  Y-SCUOOL. 

Superintendent,  Wm.   L.   Brower,   170  William  St. 
Assistant  Superintendent,  MlSS  MARY  W.  Knox,  43  Lafayette  PI. 
Assistant  Superintendent.  JoiIN  M.   HuiELL,  286  Madison  St. 
Treasurer,  John  F.  Chambers,  "The    Rockingham,"    56th  St. 

and  Broadway. 
Secretary,  Otto  F.  Geis,  218  East  5th  St. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Charles  S.  Elliott,  hi  Waverley  Place. 
Librarian,  De  Witt  Knox,  "The  Rockingham,"  56th  St.  and 

Broadway. 
Assistant  Librarian,  Martin  Bender,     249  East   IOth  St. 


Mrs.  Aike/*, 
Mrs.  Becker, 
Miss  Clark, 
Miss  L.  Egberts, 


TEA  CHERS. 

Main   School. 

Mrs.  Fagg, 
Miss  C.  Fleck, 
Miss  L.  Fleck, 
Miss  Giffing, 


! 


Miss  Gambichler, 

Mrs.  Van  Arsdale, 

Miss  Huiell, 

Miss  Volz, 

Mrs.  De  Witt  Knox, 

Miss  E.  E.  Wagner, 

Miss  Koehler, 

Miss  Ward, 

Mrs.  Lautenschlager, 

Wm.  L.  Brower, 

Miss  Lerocker, 

George  Douglas, 

Miss  Motz, 

Adolph  Gerlach, 

Miss  Olcott, 

Henry  Gerlach, 

Miss  Reid, 

John  M.  Huiell, 

Miss  Sinnott, 

J.  P.  Le  Fevre, 

Mrs.  Sparks, 

Frederick  McKee, 

Miss  Uecker, 

John  Wagner, 

Visitor,  Miss  J. 

Menkel,  315  East  6th  Street 

Intermediate  Department. 

Miss  L.  Wagner,  )  . 

Peter  Bruce,         [  in  charge- 

Assistant,  MlSS  CHRISTINE  NeELSEN. 

Primary  Department. 
John  F.  Chambers,  in  charge. 

Assistants,  MlSS  J.   MENKEL,   MlSS   Mary  EGBERTS. 
Organist,  Miss  White. 


The  Industrial  School. 

[Organized    February    2,   1861.] 

Meets  every  Saturday  from  half-past  ten  o'clock,  a. 
m.  until  half-past  twelve  o'clock  p.  m.  from  the  last 
Saturday  of  October  until  the  last  Saturday  of  April, 
inclusive. 

The  object  of  the  School  is  to  instruct  the  children 
of  our   working   classes   in    sewing,    and    to    exert    a 


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Christian  influence  upon  them  and  the  families  they 
represent. 

The  children  are  taught  verses  in  Scripture  and 
many  beautiful  hymns. 

A  new  and  excellent  feature  of  this  winter's  work 
has  been  the  Primary  Department,  in  charge  of  Mrs. 
Fagg. 

All  the  new  scholars  entered  this  department  and 
many  were  taken  out  for  classes  in  the  main  school  as 
they  acquired  the  requisite  proficiency  in  sewing. 

The  method  of  sewing  has  been  proved  for  some 
years,  and  is  as  follows : 

i.     Cutting;   creasing;   threading  the  needle    and    use    of 
thimble;  making  a  knot  and  a  stitch. 

2.  Running  patch. 

3.  Overhand  patch. 

4.  a — Folding  narrow  hem  on  paper. 
b — Making  narrow  hem  on  patch. 

5.  a—  Folding  wide  hem  on  paper. 
b — Making  wide  hem  on  patch. 

6.  m — Cutting  bias  on  paper. 
b — Fell  seam  on  patch. 

7.  Gathering  patch. 

8.  a — Darning  on  canvas. 
b — Darning  on  patch. 

9.  Patching. 
10.  Buttonholes. 

As  each  patch  is  finished  it  is  put  into  a  book  and 
each  child  having  in  her  book  the  ten  completed 
patches  is  entitled  to  a  garment. 

The  School  has  278  scholars. 

The  following  are  the  officers  and  teachers  of  the 
School : 


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OFFICERS. 

First  Directress,  Miss  Mary  W.  Knox,  43  Lafayette  Place. 
Second  Directress,  Mrs  De  Witt  Knox,    "The  Rockingham," 

Broadway  and  56th  St. 
Secretary  ami  Treasurer,  MTSS  Mary  W.  Knox,  43  Lafayette  PI. 

TEA  CIIKRS. 

Miss  E.  Lampman, 
Mrs.  H.  Lautenschlager, 
Miss  B.  Lautenschlager, 
Miss  M.  K.  Livingston, 
Miss  J.  Menkel, 
Miss  M.  Morse, 
Miss  J.  S.  Mulligan, 
Miss  M.  T.    Oberteuffer, 
Miss  V.  Ogdent, 
Miss  A.  W.  Olcott. 
Miss  E.  M.  Potts, 
Mrs.  A.  S.  Richardson, 
Miss  W.  Richardson, 
Miss   E.   Rheinlander, 
Miss  C.  Silverman, 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Smith,  • 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Sparks, 
Mrs.  H.  Van  Arsdale, 
J.  Menkel,  315  Sixth  Street. 

Exec  utive  C  \wi  m  it  tee . 
Mrs.  Glover,  Miss  Olcott, 

Mrs.  Jeremiah   (Hon.  MeirOMus.  W.  Wheeler  Smith, 
Mrs.  De  Witt  Knox,  Mrs.  Van  Arsdale,         % 

Mrs.  John  Graham,  Miss  Knox. 


Mrs. 

J. 

W. 

Becker, 

Miss 

BlCELOW, 

Miss 

F. 

BlGELOW, 

Miss 

S. 

A. 

Burgess, 

Miss 

E. 

Cadmus, 

Miss 

S. 

M 

Clark, 

Miss 

M 

ARY 

Dunshee, 

Mrs. 

J. 

G. 

Fagg, 

Miss 

J. 

M. 

Fanning, 

Mrs. 

C. 

T. 

Fincke, 

Miss 

E 

C. 

Fincke, 

Miss 

C. 

Fleck, 

Miss 

J. 

G. 

Gabaudan, 

Miss 

M 

.  L. 

GlBBS, 

Miss 

M 

.  E 

.    GlFFING, 

Mrs. 

J- 

A. 

Glover, 

Mrs. 

J. 

Gr 

aham, 

Mrs. 

A 

K 

Jacobson, 

Visitor,  MlSS 

Girls    Monday  Evenings. 
Owing  to  the  number  of  evening-  meetings  held  dur- 


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women  of  the  Church  and  School  the  gymnasium  was 
given  up  for  the  first  three  Mondays  of  each  month  and 
only  the  second  and  last  Mondays  are  devoted  to  the 
use  of  the  girls  this  year. 

A  course  on  practical  Housekeeping,  given  by  Mrs. 
Christine  Terhune  Herrick,  will  run  through  the  sea- 
son on  the  second  Monday  of  each  month,  while  Mis- 
sionary work  and  subjects  will  occupy  the  last  Mon- 
day, as  usual. 

The  following  is  the  committee: 

Chairman,   Mrs.  De  Witt  Knox. 
Miss  M.  W.  Knox. 
Miss  L.  Wagner. 
Miss  A.  W.  Olcott. 
Secretary,  MlSS  J.  Menkel. 


The  Woman  s  Missionary  Society. 

This  Society  numbers  about  sixty  members.  The 
meetings  are  held  monthly,  except  during  the  summer, 
and  are  alternately  in  the  interest  of  Foreign  and  of 
Domestic  Missions.  At  the  conclusion  of  each  meet- 
ing, there  is  a  half-hour  spent  in  social  intercourse. 

The  sum  of  fifty-one  dollars  was  sent  last  year  to  the 
Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  for  general  work. 
Twenty-five  dollars  (the  result  of  the  offerings  at  Mr. 
Scudder's  lecture)  for  the  debt,  and  five  dollars  to  the 
Emergency  Fund  of  the  Woman's  Board.  About 
thirty  articles  were  contributed  to  the  Summer  Sewing 
Guild.  The  sum  of  fifty  dollars  was  sent  to  the  Woman's 
Executive  Committee  for  the  general  work,  five  dollars 


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to  the  Indian  Mission,  and  six  dollars  to  a  struggling 
church.  One  member  of  the  Society  also  contributed 
fifty  dollars  to  the  W.  E.  C.  At  Christmas  a  good- 
sized  box  was  sent  to  Pine  Creek  Sunday-school,  near 
Holland,  Michigan.     The  officers  of  the  Society  are: 

President,  Mrs.  John  G.  Fagg. 
Vice-President,  Mrs.  Van  Arsdale. 
Secretary,  Miss  A.  W.  Olcott. 

Treasurer  for  Foreign  Missions,  Mrs.  John  GRAHAM. 
Treasurer  for  Domestic  Missions,  Mrs.  De  Witt  Knox. 


The  Young   Women  s  Missionary  Association. 

The  object  of  this  Association  is  to  instruct  and  inter- 
est the  girls  of  the  Sunday-school  and  Church  in  the 
meaning  and  history  of  missionary  work,  both  foreign 
and  domestic.  The  association  has,  on  several  occa- 
sions, had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  interesting  talks  by 
Mrs.  Fagg  and  Miss  Lawrence. 

A  contribution  of  money  was  sent  to  aid  the  work 
of  the  Indian  Mission,  and  another  contribution  to  the 
Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions. 

Meetings  have  been  held  on  the  last  Monday  even- 
ing of  each  month. 

President,  Mrs.  De  Witt  Knox.  i 

Vice-Presiaents,    MlSS  A.  W.  OlCOTT. 
Miss  L.  Wagner. 
*  Miss  J.  Mknkel. 

Treasurer,    MlSS  J.   Motz. 
Secretary,  MlSS  E.  E.  WaGNER. 


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The  Morning  Star  Mission  Band. 

The  object  of  this  Society  is  to  interest  the  girls  of  the 
schools  in  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  the  Bible,  and  to 
inspire  them  with  a  missionary  spirit. 

The  meetings,  which  are  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Lauten- 
schlaeger,  have  been  held  regularly  on  Friday  after- 
noons, at  half-past  three  o'clock,  the  exercises  consist- 
ing of  singing,  recitation  of  Bible  verses,  questions  and 
answers  on  Bible  subjects,  and  an  offering  for  some 
missionary  object. 

There  are  now  forty  members  on  roll,  with  an  aver- 
age attendance  at  the  meetings  of  twenty-five.  The 
sick  members  of  the  Society  have  been  visited,  and  have 
had  kindly  attention  shown  them  by  the  others.  Twelve 
girls  have  collected  $12  by  means  of  the  Star  cards, 
which  amount  has  been  sent  for  the  benefit  of  Miss 
Winn's  work  in  Japan. 

Mr.  Fagg  made  an  address  to  the  Band  at  their  an- 
niversary meeting  in  May,  at  which  time  an  offering  of 
$3.75  was  made  for  the  benefit  of  the  Children's  Home 
at  Amoy,  China. 

The  other  offerings  made  during  the  year  are:  $1  for 
Foreign  Missions;  $1  for  Girls'  School  in  India;  $3.50 
for  Christmas  boxes,  sent  to  the  West. 


The  Kings  DaugJiters. 

Under  the  guidance  of  Mrs.  Van  Arsdale,  the  King's 
Daughters  are  carrying  on  a  good  work,  by  helping 
women  and   children   who  are   destitute   of  necessary 


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clothing,  and  making  other  articles  for  the  comfort  of 
the  poor. 

A  goodly  number  of  garments  have  been  made  dur- 
ing the  past  year,  which  have  been  distributed  where 
most  needed. 


The  Kings  Sons. 

The  Circle  of  King's  Sons  was  organized  March  6, 
1896.  It  originally  consisted  of  the  young  men  of  Mrs. 
Lautenschlaeger's  Sunday-school  Class,  under  whose 
supervision  it  was  formed.  In  time,  other  members 
were  admitted,  and  the  Circle  now  numbers  fourteen. 
The  meetings  are  held  on  Tuesday  evenings,  at  7.30 
o'clock.  The  time  is  profitably  occupied  with  devo- 
tional exercises,  readings,  games,  etc. 

The  circle  has,  during  the  year,  contributed  $2  to  the 
Fresh  Air  Fund  and  $1  toward  procuring  shelving  for 
the  books  left  by  the  late  Dr.  T.  W.  Chambers  to  Hope 
College,  Holland,  Mich. 

Four  families  were  supplied  with  Thanksgiving  din- 
ners, amounting  in  value  to  $4.00. 


The  Brotherhood  of  Andrew  and  Philip. 

The  Brotherhood  was  organized  April  20,  1696.  It 
is  registered  as  Reformed  Chapter  No.  105.  Its  object 
is  the  spread  of  Christ's  Kingdom  among  the  young 
men  .withki  our  reach. 

The  Rules  of  the  Brotherhood  are  two:  The  Rule  of 
Prayer  and  the  Rule  of  Service.     The  Rule  of  Prayer 


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is  to  pray  daily  for  the  spread  of  Christ's  Kingdom 
among  young  men,  and  for  God's  blessing  upon  the 
[labors  of  the  Brotherhood.  The  Rule  of  Service  is  to 
'make  an  earnest  effort  each  week  to  bring  at  least  one 
voung  man  within  hearing  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
'Christ,  as  set  forth  in  the  services  of  the  Church,  Young 
People's  Prayer  Meetings,  and  Young  Men's  Bible 
Classes. 

The  meetings  are  held  on  the  first  and  third  Monday 
evenings  in  each  month  except  in  summer.  One  meet- 
ing is  usually  devoted  to  business  and  the  following  one 
is  addressed  by  some  speaker  calculated  to  interest  the 
members  of  the  Chapter  along  Brotherhood  lines.  Sev- 
eral very  earnest  talks  on  the  spiritual  work  of  the 
Brotherhood  have  been  given  by  Rev.  I.  \V.  Govven,  (  j. 
Edwin  Talmage,  A.  E.  Myers,  Wm.  Vaughan,  J.  L. 
Clark  and  T.  J.  Kommers. 

A  baseball  team  was  organized  in  June,  and  a  num- 
ber of  match  games  were  played.  On  the  evening  of 
October  16th  a  novel  musical  entertainment  by  the 
Rock  Concert  Co.  was  given  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Brotherhood,  which  was  very  successful.  A  very  pleas- 
ant evening  was  spent  on  December  7th,  when  the 
Brotherhood  entertained  the  Grove  Church  Chapter,  of 
New  Durham,  N.  J.  A  very  interesting  address  was 
given  by  Mr.  Jacob  A.  Riis,  after  which  refreshments 
were  served  and  a  good  social  time  enjoyed.  * 

There  are  two  standing  committees,  namely,  the 
Hospitality  and  Social.  The  work  of  the  gymnasium 
is  also  in  charge  of  a  committee  of  the  Chapter. 

The  following  are  the  officers  and  chairmen  of  com- 
mittees: 


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President,  Henry  Gerlach. 
Vice  President,  Mr.  J.  F.  Chambers. 
Recording  Secretary,  Mr.  CllAS.  L.   Krekel. 
Corresponding  Secretary,  Mr.  P.  BRUCE. 

COMMITTEES. 

Hospitality. 

Chairman ,Mr.  George  Proefriedt. 

Social. 

Chairman,  Mr.  Charles  Bartlett. 

Gymnasium. 

Chairman,  Mr.  ADOLPH  Gerlach. 

There  are  at  present  thirty-two  active,  ten  associate 
and  two  honorary  members. 


The  Collegiate  Literary  Society. 

The  object  of  this  Society  is  to  promote  the  intellect- 
ual welfare  of  the  young  people  of  the  Church  and  to 
make  them  more  useful  in  its  service. 

The  Society  now  numbers  fifty-three  members.  The 
meetings  are  held  on  Friday  evenings,  from  September 
to  June,  and  are  of  a  varied  character.  During  the 
early  part  of  the  year  a  series  of  talks  on  the  lives  of 
eminent  missionaries  was  given,  and  in  the  fall^  part  of 
the  time  of  each  meeting  was  devoted  to  a  study  of  the 
four  great  heathen  religions,  namely:  Mohammedan- 
ism, Confucianism,  Hinduism  and  Buddhism,  and  their 
relation  to  Christianity. 

Other  literary  exercises,  consisting  of  readings,  es- 


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says,  and  debates  have  been  rendered  each  week.  Sev- 
eral interesting  issues  of  the  "Collegiate  Journal"  have 
appeared,  and  the  social  meetings  have  been  much  en- 
joyed. 

The  Society  has  managed  two  very  successful  out- 
ings, one  on  Memorial  Day,  at  Greenwood  Lake,  N.  J. ; 
and  one  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  at  Highland  Beach.    • 

The  membership  is  restricted  to  the  young  men  and 
young  women  connected  with  the  Church  or  Schools 
who  are  sixteen  years  of  age  and  over. 

The  officers  are  a  President,  Vice-President,  Secre- 
tary, Treasurer  and  Editor.  There  are  also  three  Com- 
mittees— Admission,  Visiting  and  Ushering,  the  work 
of  the  last-named  committee  being  in  connection  with 
the  Church  services. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  newly  elected  officers 
and  chairmen  of  committees: 

OFFICERS. 

President,   Mr.  J.   F.   CHAMBERS. 
Vice-President, Mr.   C.    L.   KrEKEL. 
Secretary,  MlSS  M.  W.  BRUNE. 
Treasurer,  Miss  E.  E.  Rauch. 


COMMITTEES. 

Admission . 

Chairman,  Mr.    Edward   Cameron. 

Visiting. 

Chairman,  MlSS  A.  B.  PaVLIS. 

Ushering. 

Chairman, Mr.  Charles  Elliott. 


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The  Vocal   Union. 

The  object  of  the  Vocal  Union- is  the  training  of  its 
members  in  the  rendering  of  sacred  music,  that  they 
may  be  better  fitted  to  assist  in  the  Church  services,  and 
also  to  provide  wholesome  secular  music  to  be  used  at 
concerts  and  entertainments.  The  meetings  for  prac- 
tice are  held  on  Tuesday  evenings,  at  8  o'clock,  and  are 
conducted  by  Mr.  L.  C.  Jacoby,  who  is  much  gratified 
by  the  progress  made  by  the  members  of  the  Union 
during  the  year. 

On  the  first  Sunday  evening  of  each  month,  from 
November  till  June,  the  members  of  the  Union  render 
much  appreciated  aid  in  the  musical  part  of  the  church 
services.  Special  music  on  Easter,  Children's  Day  and 
Christmas  was  also  rendered  by  them  with  great  ac- 
ceptance. 

On  the  evening  of  June  2d,  the  Union  gave  its  first 
concert.  An  interesting  and  varied  programme  was  ar- 
ranged and  given,  to  the  great  delight  and  satisfaction 
of  a  large  audience. 

The  Union  numbers  fifty  members. 


The  Penny  Provident  Fund. 

The  object  of  the  Fund  is  to  inculcate  habits  of  provi- 
dence and  thrift  amongst  young  and  old,  and  it  aims  to 
do  what  savings  banks  do  not  do — invite  savings  of 
small  sums  less  than  one  dollar.  When  a  few  dollars 
have  been  saved,  depositors  are  invited  and  assisted  to 
open  an  account  in  some  savings  bank  where  interest 


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can  be  earned.  They  are  then  encouraged  to  again 
continue  to  save  small  amounts  in  the  Fund,  and  later 
to  make  another  deposit  in  the  savings  bank.  Deposits 
are  receipted  for  by  stamps  attached  to  a  stamp  card,  a 
system  widely  used  in  England  and  other  countries. 
This  primary  banking  business  is  educational  in  its 
tendencies  as  well  as  remedial. 

Since  its  adoption  in  the  Middle  Church  it  has  been 
very  successful,  the  number  of  depositors  increasing 
year  by  year.  Over  four  hundred  and  fifty  depositors- 
are  on  its  list. 

Treasurer  for  the  Middle  Church : 

Mrs.  Henry  Lautenschlager. 

Hours  for  depositors: 

Wednesday  afternoons,  from  3.30  o'clock  to  4.30  o'clock. 
Monday  evenings,  from  7.30  o'clock  to  8.30  o'clock. 
Saturdays,  immediately  before  and  after  Industrial  School. 


The  Reading  Room  and  Library,  ■ 

The  Reading  Room,  well  stocked  with  weeklies  and 
monthly  magazines,  together  with  a  circulating  library 
of  choice  books,  is  open  every  week  evening,  except 
Saturday  or  when  services  are  in  progress. 


The  Gymnasium.  » 

The  Gymnasium  is  open  on  Thursday  evenings. 
There  is  a  class  for  boys  at  7  o'clock  and  one  for  young 
men  at  8  o'clock,    [instructor,  Mr.  Win.  11.  Wall. 


jFtftf)  &bnute  anb  29tlj  £trcrt. 

REV.  DAVID    JAS.    BURRELL,    D.  D.,    248    West    75th 
Street,  in  charge. 

REV.  ALFRED  E.  MYERS,  309  West  70th  Street. 
REV.  JOHN  LEWIS  CLARK,  1248  Madison  Avenue. 
Assistants  to  the   Minister   in   charge. 

MR.  H.  A.  KINPORTS,  141  West  84th  Street,  Lay  Assistant. 


Set 


'vices. 


C  UNDAY — At  9.30  a.  .\i.  Sunday-school. 


Monday. 


At  11  a.  m.     Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 

At  7  p.  M.   Prayer  Meeting  of  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society. 

At  8  P.  m.  Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 
— At  11  a.  m.  The  Woman's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  (on  the  third  Mon- 
day of  each  month)  in  the  Chapel. 
»  At  11  a.  m.  The  Woman's  Domestic 
Missionary  Society  (on  the  fourth 
Monday  of  each  month)  in  the  Chapel. 


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At  8  p.  m.  The  Brotherhood  of  Andrew 
and  Philip  in  the  Church  parlor.  Sec- 
ond Monday,  the  Brotherhood  Sen- 
ate; third  Monday,  Business  Meet- 
ing; fourth  Monday,  the  Brotherhood 
Senate. 

Tuesday...— At  10  a.  m.  The  Women's  Employ- 
ment Association,  every  Tuesday,  at 
No.  3  West  29th  Street,  from  Novem- 
ber to  April. 
At  3.30  p.  m.  St.  Nicholas  Guild,  a 
Girls'  Mission  Band,  alternate  Tues- 
days, at  No.  45  West  56th  Street. 

Wednesday — At    8    p.    M.      Mid-week     meeting     for 
Prayer  and  Conference. 
At  9  p.  m.     (First    Wednesday    in    each 
month)  Monthly  meeting  of   Sunday- 
school  Teachers. 
At  9  P.  M.    (Second  Wednesday  in  each 
f  month)  Prayer  Meeting  of  the  Broth- 

erhood of  Andrew  and  Philip. 

Friday  ....  — At  4  p.  m.  King's  Daughters  (on  the  sec- 
ond Friday  of  each  month)  in  the 
Church  parlor. 

The  Communion  is  celebrated  at  the  morning*  ser- 
vice of  the  first  Sunday  of  each  of  the  following  months: 
February,  April,  June,  October  and  December. 

Preparatory  Service  on  the  Wednesday  evening  pre- 
ceding each  communion. 


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The  Sunday -School t 

Officers  and  Teachers 24 

Scholars — Primary,  Intermediate,  Senior 160 

Average  Attendance 126 

The  Sundav-school  meets  in  the  chapel  of  the 
Church,  No.  3  West  Twenty-ninth  Street,  at  9.30  in 
the  morning.  A  ten  minutes'  reunion  for  morning 
prayer  precedes  the  session  of  the  school.  A  meeting 
for  business  is  held  by  the  teachers  on  the  first  Wednes- 
day evening  of  the  month. 

The  Primary  Department  is  conducted  in  the  lower 
room  of  the  Chapel  and  abundant  use  is  made  of  pic- 
tures and  illustrations  to  bring  home  the  truths  of  the 
lessons  to  the  little  scholars.  In  the  Intermediate  and 
Senior  Departments  are  sixteen  classes,  of  which  five 
may  be  styled  Bible  Classes,  competent  for  advanced 
study. 

The  largest  class  of  men  and  women  is  .under  the 
special  auspices  of  the  Bible  League. 

The  International  Lessons  are  used  for  Bible 
study,  and  for  doctrinal  instruction.  The  Compendium 
of  the  Heidelberg  Catechism  is  the  standard  for  the 
upper  grades,  and  the  "First  Questions  for  Christian 
Truths"  for  the  Primary  Department. 

The  missionary  spirit  of  the  children  is  cultivated  by 
interesting  them  in  both  the  foreign  and  domestic  field, 
!heir  gifts  passing  through  respective  Boards  oi  the 
Church.  In  1896  the  total  collections  were  $221.89,  ot 
which  $15.00  were  sent  for  work  among  the  Sunday- 
schools  of  New  York  State  in  the  Adirondack  region, 
through  Dr.  Schaufller,  and  $76.38  went  to  each  of  the 


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regular  Church  Boards.  An  Easter  eift  for  the  In- 
dian Fund  was  sent  through  the  Woman's  Executive 
Committee,  amounting  to  $54.13.  A  band  of  Church 
Builders  is  also  at  work  in  the  interest  of  the  Church 
Building  Fund  and  their  gift  has  amounted  to  $18.56. 

The  Christmas  Box  which  was  sent  from  the  School 
this  year  to  the  home  mission  field  was  made  a  special 
gift  for  the  school  of  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  under  the  care 
of  Rev.  Mr.  Sietsema. 

Easter  Cards  were  sent  to  a  Western  field  in  con- 
siderable quantity  and  a  special  gift  at  Christmas  took 
the  form  of  the  presentation  of  pound  package  gifts  for 
the  work  conducted  at  the  Home  for  the  Friendless, 
Industrial  School  No.  9,  in  East  Sixtieth  Street. 

Two  festivals  are  usual  in  this  school.  One  is  at 
Christmas,  when  the  scholars  give  as  well  as  receive 
gifts,  and  the  other  is  usually  social  and  recreative  in  its 
character,  and  is  held  in  the  Spring. 

The  following  are  the  officers  and  teachers  of  the 
Sunday-school: 

•    OFFICERS. 

Superintendent,  Frederic  R.  Hutton,  296  Lexington  Avenue. 
Ass' t  Superintendent,  Charles  S.  Phillips,  i  13  Fulton  Street. 
Secretary,  D.  S.  JACOBUS,  325  West  28th  Street. 
Treasurer,  W.  S.  Denison,  1 13  West  12th  Street. 
Librarian,  Henry  A.  Bang,  1214  Broadway. 
Assistant  Librarian,  E.   D.   Reed,  39  West  26th  Street. 

TEACHERS. 


Miss  Mary  Bussing, 
Miss  Helen  M.  Dodd, 
Mrs.  James  La  Velle. 
Mrs.  Edw.  M.  Lyman, 


Miss  Evelyn  Mandeville, 
Miss  Katharine  Van  Nest, 
Mr.  John  S.  Bussing, 
"Mr.  William  S.  Denison, 


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Mr.  J.   W.   Doutrich, 
Mr.  H.  C.  Frost, 
Mr:  H.  A.  Kinports, 
Mr.  Jno.  B.  Kyle, 


Mr.  Edward  M.  Lyman, 
Mr.   Ciias.  S.   Phillips, 
Mr.  A.  V.  W.  Van  Vechten, 
Mr.  John  C.  Wirtz. 


Pianist,  Miss  A.  F.  Bang. 

Primary  Department. 
Mrs.  John  S.  Bussing,  Miss  Alice  Castree, 


The  Women's  Employment  Association. 

The  meetings  of  this  Association  were  held  on  Tuesday 
mornings  from  November  until  the  middle  of  March  in 
rooms  of  the  building, No.  160  West  29th  Street,  where 
the  Association  has  met  since  its  organization  in  186 2, 
but  the  farewell  meeting  was  held  in  the  old  quarters 
on  March  16,  1897,  the  building  having  been  sold.  The 
work  will  be  carried  on  for  the  coming  season  in  the 
chapel  and  parlors  of  the  Church,  at  5th  Avenue  and 
29th  Street,  where  it  is  earnestly  hoped  it  may  attract 
some  new  friends  as  annual  subscribers,  and  as  cus- 
tomers for  the  finished  garments,  since  funds  are  great- 
ly needed  to  carry  on  the  work. 

The  Association  furnishes  worthy  women  with  sew- 
ing to  do  at  home,  for  which  they  are  fairly  paid,  and 
they  are  allowed  to  purchase  the  garment  at  a  trifle 
above  the  cost  of  the  material.  * 

The  Association  is  supported  by  subscriptions  and 
donations,  mostly  by  lathes;  but  gentlemen  are  in- 
vited to  aid'in  the  work.  A  $10  subscription  pays  for 
the  work  of  one  woman  during  the  season,  and  smaller 
amounts  do  a   proportionate  amount  of  good.     The 


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annual  subscription  of  $2.50  constitutes  the  donor  a 
member  of  the  Association. 

During  the  winter  fifty-eight  women  were  supplied 
with  work. 

Number  of  garments  made,  1,786;  sold,  1,867;  re~ 
ceipts  for  sale  of  garments,  $526.62;  receipts  from  sub- 
scriptions and  donations,  $501.00.  Expenditures:  Paid 
for  materials,  $321.82;  paid  women  for  work,  $576. 

OFFICERS. 

First  Directress,  Miss  C.  J.  Pryer,  52  West  27th  Street. 
Second  Directress,  Mrs.  John  S.  Bussing,  26  East  10th  Street. 
Treasurer,  Miss  Gertrude  Dodd,  231  West  21st  Street. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Lyman,  165  Lexington  Avenue. 


COMMITTEES. 

Purchasing  and  Pricing  Committee. 

Mrs.  F.  B.  Tompkins,  Miss  K.  Van  Nest, 

Miss  Alice  G.  Castree. 


Cutting 

Committee. 

Miss  Aldrich, 

Mrs.  M.  Meadkr, 

Mrs.  T.  V.  Allis, 

Miss  Monroe, 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Ballantine, 

Mrs.  G.  J.  Nichol, 

M  rs.  W.  R.  Ferry, 

Mrs.  E.  H.  Parsons, 

Mrs.  P.  A.  Grivet, 

Mrs.  A.   Patterson, 

Miss  K.  Hoffman, 

Miss  Prime, 

Miss  M.  P.  Howell, 

Miss  K.  Prime, 

Miss  E.  Holqate, 

Mrs.  Stoutenburgh, 

Miss  E.  A    Kaesche, 

Mrs.  G.  J.  Untiedt, 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Manning, 

Mrs.  J.  Weber, 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Meigs, 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Wells, 

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Marking  and  Furnishing  Committee. 
Mrs.  M.  H.  Cashman,  Mrs.  E.  LeFevre, 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Card,  Miss  Mandeville, 

Mrs.  E.  Denison,  Miss  Scofield. 

Permit  Commiteee. 

Miss  Dunshee,  Miss  E.  H.  Holgate. 

Examining  and  Paying  Committee. 

Miss  Taber,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Shannon. 

Mrs.  F.  B.  Tompkins. 

Ordered  Work  Committee. 

Miss  K.  Van  Nest. 


Miss  M;  Moffat, 
Miss  G.  Dodd, 


Miss  C.  J.  Pryer, 
Miss  Hoffman, 


Distrib  uting  ( bm  in  it  tee. 

Mrs.  E.  M.  Lyman, 

Selling  Committee. 

Miss  A.  E.  Totten. 

Reception  Committee. 
Miss  M.  P.  Howell. 

Reading  Committee. 
Mrs.  F.  P.  Furnald. 

/  'isiting  Committee . 

Mrs.  F.  B.  Tomtkins. 

Honorary  Members. 

Mrs.  (i.  G.  Smith. 


The  Woman  s  Foreign  Missionary  Society. 

The  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  has  con- 
tinued to  hold  its  meetings  on  the  third  Monday  of  each 
month  from  October  to  April  inclusive.     These  meet- 


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ings  have  been  full  of  instruction  as  to  the  needs  of  the 
work. 

Letters  from  Miss  Lily  N.  Duryee,  Miss  Morrison 
and  Mrs.  W.  I.  Chamberlain  have  given  interesting- 
details.  The  Rev.  E.  S.  Booth  brought  encouraging 
news  from  Ferris  Seminary,  Yokohama.  Miss  Law- 
rence told  of  the  earnest  workers  in  Northern  Japan. 
The  Rev.  Henry  J.  Scudder  showed  by  illustrated  lec- 
ture the  progress  of  missions  in  India,  and  Mrs.  John 
G.  Fagg  told  from  personal  experience  of  the  condi- 
tions of  life  in  China. 

The  Society  contributed  $40  to  provide  a  village 
district  teacher  in  India,  $40  for  two  scholarships  in 
Sio-khe,  China;  $130  to  support  a  Hindu  Girls'  School 
in  Vellore,  and  $300  toward  the  salaries  of  Miss  Julia 
C.  Scudder,  in  India,  Miss  Margaret  C.  Morrison,  in 
China,  and  Miss  Mary  Deyo,  in  Japan. 

The  Summer  Work  Cards  brought  in  $46.  Through 
the  Summer  Sewing  Guild  one  hundred  articles  were 
sent  to  India,  China  and  Japan. 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year  were  $917.03. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  MlSS  HARRIETTE  Taber. 
.  First  Vice-President,  Mrs.  David  J.  Burrell. 
Second    Vice-President,  Mrs.  J.  S.  WvCKOFF 
Treasurer,  MlSS   CATHARINE  J.    PrYER. 

Secretary,  Miss  Mary  Bussing. 


The    Woman's    Domestic    Missionary    Society. 

The  meetings  of  this  Society  are  held  on  the  fourth 
Monday  of  each  month,  from  October  to  April.     Dur- 


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ing  the  year  $901.31  have  been  received.  Of  this 
$420.96  were  from  subscriptions  and  donations;  $39.10 
from  summer  mite  boxes;  the  balance  having  been 
given  for  special  work. 

The  appropriations  of  the  year  have  been  $170,  paid 
to  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee  for  the  General 
Fund;  $78  for  the  salaries  of  classical  missionaries, 
$25  of  this  having  been  given  by  a  member  in  memory 
of  a  sister;  $100  to  pay  the  salary  of  a  student  mission- 
ary; $107  to  aid  in  building  a  church  at  Lansing,  111.; 
$78  for  seats  for  the  Salem  Church  at  Little  Rock, 
Iowa;  $21.70  for  hymn  books  for  the  church  at  Rock 
Valley,  Iowa.  A  gift  of  $25  for  summer  work,  and  from 
several  members  $25  to  purchase  a  fur  coat  for  one  of 
the  classical  missionaries;  for  the  Indian  mission  $82 
have  been  given  for  the  general  work;  $138.10  toward 
building  the  parsonage  for  the  Rev.  Frank  11.  Wright 
at  Colony,  Oklahoma,  and  $25  from  one  member  to 
purchase  hymn  books  for  the  Columbian  Church. 
The  missionary  box,  valued  at  $150,  was  sent  to  the 
family  of  a  minister  in  the  western  part  of  the  State. 
With  the  box,  a  gift  of  $21  in  money  was  sent. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  Mrs.  David  J.  Burrell. 
First  V ice-President,  Miss  M.  L.  Perlee. 
Second -V ice-President,  Mrs.  Alfred  E.   Myers. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Frederic  R.  Hutton.  > 

Secretary,  Miss  Katharine  Van  Nest. 


Guild. 


JMcris  Missionary 

It  has  been  felt  for  a  long  time  that  the  men  of  the 
Church    ought    to    be    doing    something    definite    for 


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Christ.  In  April,  1896,  a  general  invitation  was  ex- 
tended to  the  gentlemen  of  the  congregation  to  meet  in 
the  Chapel  to  organize  a  Men's  Missionary  Guild.  The 
object  of  this  Guild  is  not  to  raise  money,  but  awaken 
and  nourish  an  intelligent  interest  in  missionary  work. 

The  following  points  were  emphasized  in  the  Pros- 
pectus: First,  the  payment  of  annual  dues  of  one  dol- 
lar and  upward,  at  the  pleasure  of  the  donor;  second, 
attendance  on  three  meetings  of  the  Guild  each  year. 
It  is  understood  that  the  members  are  busy  men,  and 
the  demands  upon  their  time  will,  accordingly,  be  very 
slight.  Three  meetings  a  year  will  be  all.  These  will 
be  as  follows:  One  in  May,  devoted  to  Foreign  Mis- 
sions; one  in  October,  to  Domestic  Missions;  and  one 
in  March,  to  City  Missions;  third,  subscription  to  a 
missionary  periodical  of  some  sort.  There  arc  so  many 
newspapers  and  magazines  issued  in  these  times  in  the 
interest  of  world  wide  evangelization  that  no  man  need 
remain  in  ignorance.  The  "Colonial  Policy"  of  Christ's 
Kingdom  should  be  understood  by  all  who  love  and 
-   follow  Him. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Guild  was  held  on  Friday, 
May  15,  1896,  at  which  a  constitution  was  adopted,  of- 
ficers were  elected  and  an  executive  committee  ap- 
pointed. The  Rev.  Jacob  Chamberlain  of  India  ad- 
dressed the  meeting  on  mission  work  in  the  foreign 
field. 

Personal  efforts  of  the  charter  members  effected  an 
increase  in  the  membership  to  sixty-five. 

The  second  meeting  was  held  Friday,  October  30, 
1896,  at  which  the  Rev.  Chas.  H.  Pool,  D.  D.,  delivered 
a  graphic  account  of  the  general  missionary    work   of 


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the  Reformed  Church  in  America,  and  the  Rev-  Wm. 
J.  Harsha,  D.  D.,  interested  those  present  in  the  work 
of  the  Rev.  Frank  H.  Wright  among  the  Indians. 


OFFICERS. 

President, Rev.  Dr.  David  James  Burrell. 
V ice-President,  John  M.  Kyle. 
Secretary,  Jacob  Bate. 
Treasurer,  Wm.   B.  Jaudon. 


Woman s  Huguenot  Auxiliary  of  the  Franco- 
Anterican  Committee  of  Evangelization. 

This  Society  was  organized  in  1893,  and  is  auxiliary 
to  the  Franco-American  Committee,  of  which  Rev. 
David  James  Burrell,  D.  D.,  is  president.  The  object 
of  this  Society  is  to  collect  money  in  this  country  to 
aid  in  forming  Protestant  churches  in  France  and  Bel- 
gium, and  to  assist  those  already  existing;  also,  to  aid 
in  training  evangelists  for  the  work.  The  money  col- 
lected is  divided  equally  among  the  five  French  Socie- 
ties, the  Central  Protestant  Society  of  Evangelization, 
the  Evangelizing  Committee  of  the  Free  Church,  the 
Evangelical  Society  of  France,  the  Evangelical  Society 
of  Geneva,  and  the  Evangelical  Society  of  Belgium. 
The  delegate  from  France,  Rev.  Charles  Tung/  spoke 
twice  during  the  year,  thus  giving  the  members  of  this 
auxiliary  a  clear  account  of  the  progress  of  the  work. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Auxiliary  was  held  Jan- 
uary 7th,  at  the  home  of  one  of  the  members,  when  in- 
teresting addresses  were  made  by  Mrs.  IT.  P.  Loomis, 


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president  of  the  National  Committee  of  the  Woman's 
Huguenot  Auxiliary,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  Jung. 

During  the  year  the  Auxiliary,  which  numbers  about 
thirty,  subscribed  $192.00,  and  six  subscriptions  to  the 
Huguenot  Quarterly  have  been  received. 

OFFICERS. 

President,    MRS.  GEORGE  W.  WHITE. 

Vice-President,  Mrs.  M.  H.  Cash  man. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer,    Mrs.  Edward  M.  LymaN. 


Young  People  s  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor 

Another  very  successful  year  has  marked  the  prog- 
ress of  this  Society.  The  places  of  those  who  were 
obliged  to  leave  from  time  to  time  have  been  con- 
stantly filled  by  new  and  earnest  workers.  Many  of  the 
members  have  been  also  engaged  in  other  lines  of 
"Church  work.  An  increasing  spiritual  growth  has  been 
generally  manifested  since  the  beginning  of  the  winter 
term,  and  the  meetings  have  been  largely  attended. 
Excellent  work  has  been  done  by  the  Lookout  Com- 
mittee, which  acts  as  the  recruiting  agent  of  the  Society. 
The  Prayer  Meeting  Committee,  in  addition  to  its  ap- 
pointed duties,  in  connection  with  the  weekly  meetings, 
has  organized  a  Prayer  League,  the  distinctive  feature 
of  which  is  the  following  pledge: 

Believing  tlyit  the  Lord  will  answer  in  a  special  manner  the 
united  prayers  of  His  followers,  and  will  greatly  bless  us  if  we, 
as  a  Society,  earnestly  pray  to  Him  for  greater  consecration 
and  spirituality;   I   hereby  promise  to  pray   daily  during  the 


winter  term  to  our  Father  in  Heaven  for  a  special  blessing  on 
our  Society  and  for  an  increase  of  its  Christian  influence. 

This  pledge  has  been  readily  adopted  by  the  mem- 
bers. Under  the  auspices  of  the  Missionary  Committee, 
several  meetings  have  been  held,  at  which  special  infor- 
mation has  been  given  concerning  work  in  the  home 
and  foreign  fields.  The  social  activities  of  the  Society 
have  been  arranged  for  by  the  Social  Committee,  and 
have  promoted  pleasant  relations  among  the  members. 
The  good  work  of  the  Needlework  Guild  in  providing 
garments  for  the  poor  and  destitute  has  been  continued, 
and  the  other  committees  have  done  equally  efficient 
work,,  particularly  the  Temperance  and  Good  Citizen- 
ship Committee,  which  arranged  two  lectures  on  mu- 
nicipal subjects,  and  secured  a  large  addition  to  the 
number  of  signers  to  the  temperance  pledge. 

The.  Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  also  led  in  a 
movement  of  the  young  people  of  the  Church  to  send  a 
young  man  as  an  ordained  missionary  to  Arabia.  The 
Sunday-school  and  the  King's  Daughters  are  co-oper- 
ating in  this  enterprise,  which  bids  fair  to  become  an 
accomplished  fact  during  the  present  year. 

The  prayer  meetings  are  held  in  the  Church  parlor 
on  Sunday  evenings  at  seven  o'clock.  The  consecra- 
tion meeting  is  held  on  the  last  Sunday  of  each  month. 


OFFICERS. 

J'resident,MR.   Milks  W.  Beemer. 
Vife-l'residentM*-  Hakrv  A.  KlNPORTS. 
Corresponding  Secretary M\SS    Anna    A.    PiCKENS, 
Recording  Secretary^*.   M.  J.  GlEBELHOUSK, 
Treasurer ,  Miss  Blanche  La  Vi^lle. 


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J/lUMNhcrj.MlSS   M.    LoCiSE   PeEXEE. 

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Temtfermma  mmd  G~d  Ctuaukip.W*.  W    H    SveaTO*. 


The  Junior  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

This  Society  was  organized  oo  December  13.  i30. 

'•»::."-  i  r.rr.cr-:  ::.    ::'  -.:::::-:        _::/.      :-   .    :r-^..  . 
to  thirty. 

On  the  last  day  of  1896,  a  generous  gift:  of  trait  was 

:= —  :    :     =-:r.;e  =::>  frirr.    ; 

A  ■  "       :  " 

As  :       -      :  -  - 

will  be  well  to  tell  what  we  expect  to  do.    We  are  aboot 
to  help  the  Indian  Mission  at  Colony,  OkIa_  and,  next 
autumn,  the  work  of  Miss  Winn  in  Japan.  We  also  ex- 
pect to  do  something  for  the  sailors  ot  the  C  EL 
men's  Bethel  and  the  Needle  Work  Gnfld  of  America. 

Friends  hare  presented  the  Society  with  a   banner 
and  ba«:  ges         :  Jat  each  one  is  the  happy  possessor  o 

::.r      :   :     :      _  U"  :i 

Ei  ^e  shows  marked  advance  in  the  spirit- 

ual lite  ot  the  members,  and  the  results  are  very  eu- 

:i^::  ~r.:eiv:r  ::r   T'.-.r-s:  1-         t    _">_:-:.- 


The  officers  and  committees  are  as  follows 
OFFICERS. 
Superintendent,     BLANCHE  La  Velle. 
President,    MaKCIUS   S.    HuTTON. 
Vice-President,     FLORENCE    KNOX. 
Secretary,    ELSIE    GONZALES. 
Treasurer,    AMY   Bo\YNE. 

COMMITTEES. 
Prayer  Meeting. 
Chairman,   MAUD  JaCKSON. 
Minnie  Smith,  Carl  Loos, 

John  Smith,  John  Loos. 

Lookout. 
Chairman,    Wm.   WlLSON. 
Flora  Marsh,  Magnus  Hanning, 

Henry  Hartung, 

Missionary. 
Chairman,     MARGARET  WlLSON. 

May  Houghton,  Charles  Johnson, 

Hubert  Houghton. 

Social. 
Chairman,    Edith   HUTCHINSON. 
Gertrude  Pell,  Robert  Sparks, 

Wm.  Thruelsen,  Royal  Latham. 


Brothei' hood  of  Andrew  and  Philip. 

Since  the  last  yearly  report  the  roll  has  been  in- 
creased, and  now  contains  the  names  of  forty  active, 
twenty  associate  and  eight  honorary  members,  making 
a  total  of  sixty-eight  members. 

Any  baptized  male  member  of  the  Church  can  be- 
come an  acfive  member  by  agreeing  to  comply  with  the 
rules  of  the  Order,  which  are:  First,  the  rule  of  Prayer. 
to  pray  dailv  for  vounp"  men;    and,  second,  the  rule 

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of  Service,  to  endeavor  each  week  to  bring,  at  least,  one 
young  man  within  hearing  of  the  Gospel. 

Any  young  man  of  worthy  character  may  become  an 
associate  member  upon  agreeing  to  attend  regularly,  so 
far  as  possible,  the  services  of  the  church. 

Three  kinds  of  meetings  are  held,  viz.:  Prayer  Meet- 
ing, second  Wednesday  in  the  month,  after  the  regular 
Church  Prayer  Meeting;  Business  Meeting,  third  Mon- 
day in  the  month,  and  the  Brotherhood  Senate,  second 
and  fourth  Mondays.  Reports  of  personal  work  done 
during  the  month  are  given  at  the  Business  Meeting. 

The  Senate,  which  was  organized  in  the  spring  of 
1896,  on  the  plan  of  the  U.  S.  Senate,  has  proven  to  be 
a  very  useful  •adjunct  to  the  work  of  the  Brotherhood, 
as  many  young  men  are  led  through  the  meetings  of 
this  organization  to  attend  the  services  of  the  Church. 
All  the  associate  members  mentioned  above  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Senate.  A  number  of  the  active  members 
are  also  members  of  the  Senate,  and  some  of  the  recent 
additions  to  the  active  list  have  been  made  from  the  as- 
sociate members. 

Considerable  improvement  in  public  speaking  is  no- 
ticeable among  the  members  of  the  Senate  and  a 
knowledge  of  parliamentary  law  is  also  being  gained. 
Young  men  find  the  meetings  both  entertaining  and 
instructive. 

Realizing  that  "the  effectual  fervent  prayer  of  a  right- 
eous man  availeth  much,"  a  prayer  circle  has  been 
formed,  each  member  being  supplied  with  a  printed  list 
of  the  members/with  a  date  opposite  each  name,  and  all 
the  members  pray  for  the  one  member  on  the  day  ap- 
pointed on  the  list. 


A  vestibule  committee  is  in  attendance  upon  eack 
service  of  the  Church,  and  is  doing  good  work  in  ex- 
tending to  strangers,  particularly  young  men,  a  heart) 
welcome  as  they  enter  the  sanctuary. 

During  the  summer  a  baseball  club  was  formed,  and 
games  were  played  with  clubs  from  other  Chapters, 
usually  at  Van  Cortlandt  Park.  The  baseball  club  will 
be  continued  this  season. 

Social  gatherings  are  held  in  October,  January  and 
April. 

The  dues  of  the  Chapter  are  $1.00  per  annum. 

The  officers  and  committees  are: 

OFFICERS. 

President,  JuilN  C.  WlRTZ. 
Vice-President,  Ernest  H.  Collins. 
Secretary, F.  M.  BECKET. 
Treasurer, Alfred  Robertson. 

COMMITTEES. 

Prayer  A  fee  ting. 
A.  H:  Zabriskie.  H.  T.  Hamilton. 

M.   J.   GlEBELHOUSB. 


M.  J.  Caldwell. 


Vestibule. 

Alfred  Robertson. 


E.  Darwin  Reed, 
Wm.  F.  Melville, 


Social . 

Edward  O.  Lyman, 

Edward  M.  Lyman, 
Joseph  T.  Bailie. 


Executive. 
The  Officers  and  Chairmen  of  the  Committees. 


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The  Saint  Nicholas  Guild. 

{A  Girls'  Mission  Band.) 

The  meetings  of  the  Guild  are  held  on  alternate  Fri- 
day afternoons,  from  November  until  May. 

The  aim  of  the  Guild  is  to  work  for  Foreign  and  Do- 
mestic Missions.  The  offerings  of  the  year  have  been 
$5,  collected  through  Star  Cards,  for  Miss  Leila  Winn's 
work  at  Aomori,  Japan,  and  an  additional  gift  of  $18.75 
for  this  work.  Through  the  Flag  Cards  $5  were  sent 
to  the  Indian  Mission.  Twelve  dollars  were  paid  for  a 
pulpit  for  the  Church  at  New  York  Mills. 

In  February  a  "Cake  Sale"  was  held,  which  brought 
in  $89.  Of  this  $40  were  paid  for  the  support  of  two  girls 
in  the  Girls'  School  at  Amoy,  China,  and  $43.37  to  aid 
in  building  the  parsonage  for  the  Rev.  Frank  H. 
Wright,  at  Colony,  Oklahoma.  The  total  amount  con- 
tributed during  the  year  was  $125.92.  Twenty-one 
baby  slips  were  sent  to  the  Summer  Sewing  Guild. 
Children's  papers  and  picture  cards  have  been  sent  to 
Sunday-schools  in  Michigan, and  thirty-seven  calendars 
to  the  girls  in  Hope  College,  Mich.  A  box  will  be  sent 
to  the  Girls'  School,  at  Amoy,  containing  dresses  which 
have  been  made  by  the  members  at  the  meetings.  The 
membership  of  the  Guild  is  sixteen. 

> 
OFFICE A' S. 

•President.  Miss  Doris  L.  Burrkll. 
Vice-President,  MlSS   RlETTA  L.  Al.LlS. 
Secretary,  MlSS   ElSIE   L.   TOTTKN. 
Treasurer ,MlSS  May  C.   Moffat. 


The  Kings  Daughters. 


The  Uitzien  Circle  of  the  King's  Daughters  holds  reg 
ular  meetings  on  the  second  Friday  afternoon  of  each 
month,  at  four  o'clock,  from  October  until  May.  The 
aim  of  the  Circle  is  to  work  for  others,  to  help  bear  each 
other's  burdens  by  giving  substantial  aid  and  by  friendly 
sympathy  and  kind  words.  It  is  hoped  that  the  mem- 
bers may  become  better  acquainted  with  each  other,  so 
that  a  bond  of  union  may  be  formed  of  so  strong  a 
character  that  each  will  feel  like  sharing  the  joys  and 
sorrows  of  the  other.  This  feeling  already  exists  in  die 
Circle,  and  it  is  hoped  that  it  may  spread  through  the 
whole  membership. 

A  box  was  sent,  last  May,  to  Vellore,  India,  valued 
at  $65.00;  still  later  in  the  year  a  silver  watch  and  chain, 
valued  at  $15.00,  were  sent  to  one  of  the  native  head 
masters  in  the  High  Caste  Girls'  School  in  the  same 
place,  as  a  twenty-fifth  anniversary  gift.  Ail  extra  gift 
of  $10.00  was  also  sent  to  aid  the  cause  of  the  High 
Caste  Girls'  Schools.  Industrial  School  No.  9,  in  this 
city,  has  received  regularly  $2.00  per  month  from  this 
Circle  for  the  support  of  a  cooking  class  there.  Eigh- 
teen hats  were  trimmed  and  sent  to  the  same  school. 

Other  donations  were  as  follows:  For  Rescue  Work, 
in  Hurley,  Wis.;  for  work  among  American  Indians; 
for  work  among  the  poor  whites  in  the  South,  known  a» 
"Georgia  Crackers";  $20.00  were  pledged  for  the  sup- 
port of  a  child  in  Amoy,  China.  A  package  of  hymn 
books  and  papers  was  sent  to  the  Sailors'  Mission;  dur- 
ing the  summer    flowers  were  sent  to  the  Flower  and 


Fruit  Mission;  in  November,  about  $85.00  were  real- 
ized at  a  Thanksgiving  Sale,  and  at  a  Christmas  Sale, 
held  at  the  house  of  the  President,$227.oo  were  secured, 
At  Christmas  time,  dinners  were  sent  to  several  fam- 
h    I      Hies. 

f.    j  The  Society,  as  new  work,  has  undertaken  the  sup- 

1  port  of  one  of  the  Hindu  Girls'  Schools,  involving  an 

outlay  of  $135.00;  has  also  pledged  the  sum  of  $100.00 
for  a  student  missionary  in  the  West.  It  has  also 
pledged  the  sum  of  $50.00  toward  the  special  fund  be- 
ing raised  for  the  support  of  a  missionary,  who  is  to  be 
sent  out  from  the  Twenty-ninth  Street  Church  to  work 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Arabian  Mission. 

Receipts  for  the  year $456.43 

Disbursements   449-71 

Balance ■ 6.72 

The  officers  of  the  Society  are: 

President,  Mrs.  Joseph  Walker,  Jr. 

First  Vice-President,  MlSS  Laura  White. 

Second  Vice-President,    MlSS   YYvcKOFF. 

Secretary,  MlSS  GALLOWAY. 

Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  John  Laimbeer,  Jk. 

Treasurer,  MlSS    PUTNAM. 


Causes  Represented  by  Collectors. 

Besides  the  benevolent  operations  carried  on  through 
organized  Societies,  there  are  three  union  evangelistic 
societies,  which  arc  served  by  ladies  in  this  Church, 
acting  as  collectors  in  their  behalf. 

The  New  York  City  Mission  and  Tract  Society, 
Woman's  Branch,  is  represented  by  Mrs.  Joseph  Wal- 
ker, Tr.,  and  Miss  Gertrude  Dodd.    The  collections  for 


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the  year  ending  March  31,   1896,  have    amounted    to 
$2,220.82,  being  an  advance  on  those  of  last  year. 
This  sum  is  made  up  of  the  following  items: 

The  support  of  three  nurses  among  the  poor,  by  three 

ladies    $1,800.00 

Special  gift,  by  a  lady    250.00 

Contributions  from  individuals   170.82 

The  American  McAll  Association  has  received, 
through  Mrs.  Joseph  Walker,  Jr.,  and  Mrs.  Burrell,  the 
sum  of  $38.00. 

The  New  York  Female  Bible  Society,  received 
through  its  representathes  in  the  Twenty-ninth  Street 
Church,  the  sum  of  $229.00,  of  which  this  congregation 
contributed  $140.00.  The  Collectors  are  Mrs.  Ann  R. 
Cook,  Miss  K.  Hoffman  and  Miss  Suvdam.  The  col- 
lections were  made  in  all  the  congregations  of  the  Col- 
legiate Church. 


(ttfjurrf) 
jFtftlj  abrnur  ant>48ti)  £tvcrt. 

REV.  EDWARD  B.  COR,  D.D.,  42  West  52d  Street,  in 
charge. 


Services, 

CUNDAY— At  9.45  A.  m.    Sunday-school. 


At  n  a.  m.  Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 

At  7.20  p.  m.  Young  People's  Society  of 
Christian  Endeavor. 

At  8  p.  m.  Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 

Monday.  .  \ — At  3  P.  m.   Adriel  Mission  Band. 

At  3  P.  M.  Ladies'  Auxiliary  to  Foreign 
Missions,  first  Monday  of  the  month. 

At  3  P.  M.  Ladies'  Auxiliary  to  Domes- 
tic Missions,  last  Monday  of  the 
month. 

Wednesday — At  10.30  A.  M.     Young  Ladies'  Sewing 
Circle. 
.  *  At  8  p.  M.     Prayer  Meeting. 

Thursday.. — At   10    \.   m.     Ladies'   Employment  So- 
ciety. 


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The  Communion  is  celebrated  at  the  morning  ser- 
vice of  March  7th,  June  6th,  September  26th,  Decem- 
ber 5th. 

Preparatory  service  on  Friday  evening,  and  Com- 
municants' Prayer  Meeting  on  Sunday  morning  pre- 
ceding Communion  services. 

Special  Communion  services  at  four  o'clock  on  the 
afternoons  of  January  3rd,  February  7th,  April  4th, 
May  2nd. 

The  work  of  the  Church  coming  more  directly  under 
the  care  of  the  Society  for  Christian  Work,  the  reports 
are  appended  under  that  head. 


Ube  Society  for  Christian  Mori?. 
President V  Report. 

The  Executive  Committee  have  endeavored  to  carry 
on  and  develop  the  work  at  the  Vermilye  Chapel  in  all 
its  branches,  and  to  expend  judiciously  the  funds  con- 
tributed to  that  end.  This  work  will  be  extended  as 
rapidly  as  the  liberality  of  gifts  for  its  support  will  per- 
mit. 

The  attendance  at  all  the  services  has  shown  an  in- 
crease over  the  previous  year.  During  1896  fifty  per- 
sons at  Vermilye  Chapel  have  united  with  our  Church 
by  profession  of  their  faith,  against  seventeen  in  1895. 

Following  the  suggestion  of  one  of  the  mothers,  in 
1894  a  collection  was  made  a  part  of  the  Sunday  even- 
ing service.  Early  in  the  year  past  envelopes  for  use  in 
the  offerings  were  distributed  to  all  the  regular  attend- 
ants at  the  Chapel,  and  it  is  felt  that  the  total  for  the 
year  of  $238.57  is  largely  due  to  this  system  of  giving. 


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The  offerings  in  1894  were  $82.39;  *n  ^95,  $113.05. 
Those  made  at  the  Communion  Service  are  applied  to 
the  relief  of  the  poor  and  sick;  those  on  the  first  Sun- 
day of  each  month  to  Foreign  and  Domestic  Missions; 
and  the  others  to  the  Chapel  work. 

The  Sunday-school  is  using  every  available  room  for 
the  classes.  It  is  desirable  that  new  seats  be  provided 
for  the  Chapel,  and  these  will  add  to  the  appearance  of 
the  room  and  enable  a  larger  number  of  children  to  be 
accommodated  at  the  Sunday-school  services. 

In  addition  to  maintaining  the  Sunday-school  the 
congregation  at  Seventy-seventh  Street  and  West  End 
Avenue  last  fall  opened  a  Kindergarten  in  the  Chapel 
building. 

The  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle  has  continued  to  take  full 
charge  of  the  Girls'  Club,  and  has  borne  the  expense  of 
its  management.  The  Birthday  Party,  recently  given 
by  this  Circle,  proved  to  be  an  enjoyable  social  event, 
as  well  as  a  decided  financial  success. 

The  Fresh  Air  Fund  amply  enabled  the  committee 
to  send  to  the  country  all  the  children  who  desired  to 
go,  the  expenses  and  direction  being  shared  equally 
with  the  Seventy-seventh  Street  congregation.  A  Junior 
Boys'  Club,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Edward  Brou- 
wer,  is  a  new  and  promising  feature;  only  boys  attend- 
ing the  Sunday-school  are  eligible  to  membership. 

The  organization  of  the  Vermilye  Club  for  men  lias 
received  careful  consideration,  and  has  the  hearty  ap- 
proval without  any  financial  guarantee  from  the  Exec- 
utive Committee.  It  is  hoped  that  the  gentlemen  of  our 
two  congregations  will  enroll  themselves  as  members. 

The  accompanying  reports,  giving  the  details  of  the 


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Church  work  for  the  year  1896,  should  be  of  interest  to 
all  and  encourage  the  members  of  the  congregation  to 
give  their  hearty  co-operation  and  most  generous  sym- 
pathy and  support  to  the  Committees  and  workers,  nor 
should  they  forget  to  show  their  interest  by  their  pres- 
ence. 

Hubert  Van   NVagenfn, 

President. 


Summary  of  the  Treasurer  s  Report. 

Receipts  from  all  sources $6,844.98 

Disbursements    6,568.73 

Balance  on  hand,  January  1st,   1897 ..  $276. 25 


Officers  and  Committees  for  iSgy. 

President ,  Rev.  Samuel  Macauley  Jackson,  .D.D. 

Vice-President,  E.   W.   St  UDDER  JOHNSTON. 
Secretary, Edward  Brouwer. 
Treasurer,  Peter   Donald. 

Executive  Com  in  it  tee . 
Chairman.  Rev.    SAMUEL  Macauley  Jackson,    D.D. 

E.  W.  Scudder  Johnston,  Charles  A.  Runk, 
Hon.  Henry  W.  Bookstaver  Charles  H.  Knox, 
Henry  L.  Harrison,  Wm.   H.  Van  STERNnKRcii. 

Peter  Donald,  Edward  Brouwer. 

Strangers  and  Social  Meetings 

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Chairman,  Hon.  Henry  W.  Bookstavku. 
Charles  A.  Runk,  Mrs.  Charles  A.   Kink. 

Wm.  H.  Van  Steenbergh,     Mrs. Wm.  H.Van  Steenberch 


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George  S.   Hart, 
Robert  E.  Deyo, 

E.  W.  Scudder  Johnston, 
Alfred  S.  Brown, 

F.  S.  Woodruff, 


Mrs.  George  S.  Hart, 
Mrs.  Robert  E.  Deyo, 
Mrs.  E.  W.  S.  Johnston, 
Mrs.  H.  W.  Bookstaver, 
Miss  Sophie  J.  Briggs, 


Miss  Bertha  Van  Kleeck. 

Ch  nrch   Sunday-  School. 

Chairman,  Henry  L.  Harrison. 
Peter  Donald,  Miss  Mary  Louise  Belloni, 

William  B.   Runk,  Miss  Bertha  Van  Kleeck, 

Charles  A.  Vermilye,  Miss  Sophie  J.  Briggs, 

William   F.  Tooki-r,  Jr.,       Miss  Marg't  McG.  Donald, 
Charles  R.  Shaw,  Miss  Helen  Van  Kleeck. 

Poor  and  Sick. 

Chairman,  Charles  A.   Runk. 
Dr.  F.  H.  Bosworth,  Mrs.    F.    II.   Boswortii, 

Dr.  M.  B.  DuBOrs,  Mrs.   M.    B.    Dubois. 

Dr.  H.  D.  Chai'jn,  Mrs.  George  W.  Powers, 

Mrs.  James  D.  Taylor,  Mrs.  Charles  A.   Runk, 

Mrs.   Ciias.   Stewart  Smith,  Miss  M.  F.  Amermax, 
Mrs.  George  E.  Lockwood,    Mrs.  Henry  Talmadge. 

Employment. 
Chairman,  ClIARLES  H.    Knox. 


Hubert  Van  Wagenen, 

James  D.  Taylor, 

E.  B.  Oakley, 

G.  O.  F.  N i coll, 

S.  V.  V.  Huntington, 


Mrs.  Hubert  Van  Wagenen, 
Mrs.  James  D.  Taylor. 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Knox, 
Mrs.  G.  O.  F.  Nicoll, 
Mrs.  S.  V.  V.  Huntington, 


Mrs.  Jlfferson  Coddington  M  rs.   E.   E.  Olcott,         * 

Miss  Anna  T.  Van  Santvookd. 

Young  Peoples  Committer. 

Chair/nan,  WlLLIAM  H.   Van  Steenbergh. 
William  Ai.den  Pratt,  Mrs.  William  Alden  Pratt, 

Henry  L.  Harrison,  Mrs.    Henry   L.    Harrison. 


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Charles  M.   Field, 
Frank  M.  Paret, 
Edward  Brouwer, 
Francis  H.  Griffin, 
C   H.  Woodruff,  Jr., 
Edward  S.  Avery, 
William  J.  Boies, 
Walter  R.  Lambert. 


Mrs.  Charles  M.  Field, 
Miss  Anna  P.  Paret, 
Mrs.Wm.  H.Van  Steenbergh 
Miss  Caroline  de  M.  Briggs, 
Miss  Bessie  Stone, 
Miss  Mary  W.  Langdon, 
Miss  Katharine  A.  Noyes, 
Miss  Martha  Bsadshaw. 


Report  of  the  Sunday-School  Committee. 

The  Church  Sunday-school  numbers  at  present 
thirty-nine  scholars,  seven  teachers,  and  three  other 
officers,  making  a  total  of  forty-nine  officers  and 
scholars  in  regular  attendance.  Last  year's  report 
gave  a  total  of  fifty-seven  officers  and  scholars  in  at- 
tendance, so  that  the  School  has  lost  eight  members. 
This  loss,  however,  occurred  early  in  the  spring  of  last 
year,  when  ten  scholars  who  were  coming  to  the  School 
from  a  distance,  or  who  desired  more  active  Christian 
work,  connected  themselves  with  other  Sunday-schools 
either  as  teachers  or  scholars.  The  School  is  conse- 
quently a  little  larger  than  it  was  last  spring,  five  new 
scholars  having  been  added  to  the  roll  in  the  fall. 

In  the  fall  special  efforts  were  made  to  increase  the 
size  of  the  School.  The  scholars  were  urged  to  bring 
their  friends  who  did  not  attend  elsewhere,  and  cards 
of  invitation  to  the  Sunday-school  were  distributed  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  Church.  The  gain  of  live 
scholars  was  principally  the  result  of  these  efforts. 
Any  large  increase  in  the  Sunday-school  seems  to  be 
impossible.  However,  if  the  numbers  are  small,  the 
average   attendance  has   been   admirable.     Reckoning 


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from  the  last  Sunday  in  October  till  the  last  Sunday  in 
December,  the  average  has  been  42.4  out  of  a  possi- 
ble 49. 

In  order  to  stimulate  the  interest  and  regularity  of  the 
children,  prizes  have  been  offered  for  attendance  and 
general  excellence  in  lessons.  Illustrated  papers  are 
distributed  each  Sunday  to  the  children,  in  order  that 
those  who  are  not  provided  with  suitable  literature  by 
their  parents  may  be  helped  to  pass  profitably  the  lei- 
sure hours  of  Sunday. 

The  homes  of  the  children  have  been  visited,  espe- 
cially those  whose  only  connection  with  the  Church  is 
through  the  Sunday-school. 

Two  entertainments  have  been  given  during  the  past 
year,  the  Spring  festival,  in  May  last,  and  the  Christ- 
mas celebration,  which  was  held  on  the  29th  of  De- 
cember. 

The  financial  report  for  the  year  1896  is  as  follows: 

!  ■ 

January  15th,  balance  from  Christmas  Festival,  Decem- 
ber, 1895 •  $l8o° 

March  20th. -Church  collection  for  Sunday-school....    173-49 

$191.49 

Disbursements  for  general  expenses 87.11 

Balance  in  treasury,  January  12,  1897 104.38 

Christmas  Festival  Account:  # 

Received  from  all  sources $51 -oo 

Advanced  from  S.  S.  Fund 6.00 

$57  ix) 
Expenses  of  entertainment  57-00 


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The  Missionary  offerings  for  the  year  are  as  follows: 

Balance  on  .hand,  January  i,   1896 $3975 

Regular  and  special  offerings  117.29 

$157-04 
Donations: 

Woman's  Board  of  Foreign  Missions $50.00 

American     Sunday-school     Union,    for     Mr. 

Cassell's  Work  in  Kansas 50.00 

Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  R.  C.  A 50.00 

$150.00 

Balance  on  hand  January  1,   1897 7.04 

OFFICERS  AND   TEACHERS. 

Superintendent,  Henry  L.  Harrison. 

Treasurer  and  Pianist,   WlLLIAM    F.   T00KER,   Jr. 

Precentor,  ClIARLES  R.  SHAW. 

Teachers, 

Peter   Donald.  Miss  M.  L.  Belloni, 

William  B.  Runk,  Miss  Bertha  Van  Kleeck, 

Miss  Sophie  J.  Briggs.  Miss  Helen  Van  Kleeck, 

Miss  Margaret  McG.  Donald. 

Report  of  the    Committee   on   Strangers  and 
Social  Meetings. 

Two  Social  Reunions  were  held  in  the  year  1806, 
the  first  on  the  twentieth  of  March,  and  the  sec- 
ond on  the  eleventh  of  December.  Roth  were  well  at- 
tended, and  it  is  thought  that  the  spirit  of  brotherly 
sympathy  and  companionship  has  been  materially  pro- 
moted thereby.  As  heretofore,  the  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee haverat  all  times  endeavored  to  make  strangers 
feel  at  home,  and  thus  lead  them  to  be  one  with  the 
Church. 


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Report   of  the   Committee  on  Poor  and   Sick. 

The  Committee  has  carried  on  its  work  during  the 
past  year  substantially  on  the  same  lines  as  in  previous 
years. 

The  Society  has  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Com- 
mittee the  sum  of  $300;  of  this  amount  the  sum  of 
$273.39  nas  been  expended  by  the  Visitor,  under  the 
direct  supervision  of  the  Chairman,  as  judiciously  and 
economically  as  possible. 

Medicines  and  groceries  have  been  furnished  to  fifty- 
two  families,  and  in  some  urgent  cases  medical  attend- 
ance has  been  provided.  In  a  few  instances,  and  only 
when  the  need  was  very  pressing,  has  any  rent  been 
paid. 

It  has  been  the  policy  of  the  Committee  to  prevent,  as 
far  as  possible,  its  beneficiaries  from  becoming  pen- 
sioners on  the  bounty  of  the  Society. 


Report  of  the  Employment  Committee, 

The  year  just  past  has  been  an  especially  trying 
one  for  the  numerous  unemployed,  and  of  special 
perplexities  for  the  Committee  charged  with  finding 
work  for  'them.  , 

On  behalf  of  the  men  and  boys  connected  with  Ver- 
milye  Chapel,  who  were  without  employment,  applica- 
tions have  been  made  to  several  of  the  horse  and  cable 
car  lines,  and  funds  for  helping  men  to  buy  their  re- 
quired suits  have  been  ready,  but,  excepting  through 


380 

the  efforts  of  Mr.  Bradshaw,  little  success  has  been  ob-| 
tained. 

Two  men  secured  employment,  one  permanently  and 
the  other  temporarily.  Several  have  been  urged  to  do 
any  temporary  work,  such  as  shoveling  snow,  but  in  too 
many  instances  it  has  been  found  that  some  preferred 
to  wait  for  a  "good  job"  rather  than  to  earn  every  pos- 
sible penny. 

The  President  of  the  Society  has  been  able  to  em- 
ploy several  persons  from  Vermilye  Chapel,  and  he  re- 
ports very  favorably  regarding  them. 


Report-  of  the   Ladies    Employment   Society. 

The  Ladies'  Employment  Society  has  held  twenty 
meetings  during  the  last  year,  with  an  average  at- 
tendance of  twelve.  Work  has  been  given  to  38  women; 
1,266  garments  have  been  made;  851  garments  have 
been  sold. 

treasurer's  report. 

November  1,  1895,  to  April  1,  1896: 

Balance  on  hand $239.05 

Subscriptions  received 283.00 

Sale  of  goods 195-49 

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$717-54 

Paid  for  materials $195.69 

Paid  to  women  for  sewing 313*75 

509-44 

Balance $208.10 


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OFFICERS. 

First  Directress,  Mrs.  Peter  Donald. 
Second  Directress,  Mrs.    W.    T.    Stoutenbergh. 
Third  Directress,  Mrs.    Edward  B.   Coe. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.  Hubert  Van  Waglnen. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Van  Kleeck. 


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COMMITTEES. 

Purchasing  C  'ommittee. 

Peter  Donald,  Mrs.  James  D.  Taylor, 

Mrs.  W.  T.  Stoutenbergh. 

( 'tilting  Committee. 

W.  T.  Stoutenbergh,  Mrs.  Ireland, 

E.  Frank  Coe,  Mrs.  Wm.  Walker, 

H.  W.  Bookstaver,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Van  Kleeck, 

Geo.  W.  Powers,  Miss  O.  M.  Leland, 

James  Hopkins,  Miss  C.  L.   Babcock, 

L.  Kahl,  Miss  Cornelia  G.  Brett, 
Miss  A.  E.  Babcock. 

Furnishing    ( ommittee . 
Jas.  D.  Taylor,  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Deyo, 

Jeremiah  Lambert,         Mrs.  David  Wallace, 
Anna  E.  Lambert,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Oakley, 

Matthew  B.  Du  Bois,   Mrs.  G.  S.  Hart. 

Distrib  uting  Com  m  itt(  v . 
M.  Sanford,  Miss  Mary  F.  A.merman. 

Permit  Committee. 


Mrs.   Hubert  Van  Wagenen,  Mrs.  William   Lambert. 

Selling  Committee. 
Mrs.  Chas.  H. 'Woodruff,      Mrs.  Wm.  B.  Runk. 
Reading  l  'ommittee. 
m   Mrs.  S.  O.  Vanderpoel. 


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Report     of    the    Ladies     Auxiliary     Foreign 
Missionary '  Soeiet  y. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Foreign  Missionary 
Auxiliary  is  a  simple  annal  of  meetings  held,  and  $583 
contributed.  Out  of  this  the  annual  pledges  have  been 
paid,  viz.:  $250  to  the  Girls'  School  at  Madanapalle, 
$50  for  the  support  of  a  native  teacher  in  India,  and  $30 
for  the  support  of  a  Japanese  girl.  The  rest  of  the 
money  has  been  paid  unconditionally  to  the  Woman's 
Board.  In  addition  to  this  amount,  offerings  have  been 
freely  made  for  High  Caste  Schools,  Syndicate  Bonds, 
Birthday  Parties,  Conferences,  and  Rallies. 

Other  Contributions  to  Foreign   Work. 

Collected  by  individual  effort  lor  Hindu  High 
Caste  Schools,  and  sent  directly  to  the  Woman's 
Board '. .  .  $50.00 

For  McAll  Mission,  through  Mrs.  BriggS  and  Mrs. 

Lockwood 278.00 

For  Woman's  Huguenot  Auxiliary,  through  Mrs. 
William  Lambert  75-00 

For  Evangelical  Church  in  Italy,  through  Mrs.  E. 
B.  Coe   30.00 

$43300 
OFFICERS. 

President,  Mrs.  Henrv  W.   Bookstaver. 
Secretary,  MiSS   Euphemia   M.    OlCOTT. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   Robert   H.    DeyO. 


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Report  of  the  Ladies   Auxiliary  Domestic 
Missionary  Society. 

The  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  was  sent  for  the 
furnishing  of  the  class-rooms  of  the  new  Semelink 
Hall  of  Hope  College,  and  was  most  grate-fully  ac- 
knowledged. 

During  the  summer  the  Woman's  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  Domestic  Missions  send  out  ten  young  men, 
from  the  Seminaries  of  Hope  and  New  Brunswick,  to 
supply  vacant  pulpits  in  the  West.  The  salary  of  each 
is  $100  for  the  season.  But  for  this  provision  many 
places  would  be  destitute  of  religious  privileges.  The 
Society  wishes  to  send  one  of  these  students  to  the 
Western  field  for  the  coming  summer.  To  this  object, 
with  the  Indian  work,  the  Society  expects  to  devote  its 
attention  for  the  present  year.  The  total  receipts  for 
the  past  year  were  $369.09. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  Mrs.   Charles  A.   Ru.nk. 
Treasurer,  Mrs.   ClIARLES   H.   Knux. 
Secretary,  MlSS  Janskx. 


Report  of  the  Ladies  Sewing  Circle.     ■ 

The  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle  has  held  weekly  meet- 
ings as  usual  during  the  season.  The  garments  made 
have  been  gladly  received  by  Miss  Woodburn,  and  dis- 
tributed among  those  in  need  connected  with  Yermilyc 
Chapel. 


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Six  dozen  dolls  were  dressed  for  the  Christmas  fes- 
tival of  the  infant  class  at  the  Chapel. 

Owing  to  lack  of  funds  the  Circle  was  unable  to  send 
a  Missionary  box  as  has  been  its  custom,  but  it  hopes 
to  be  able  to  do  so  another  year.  The  Vermilye  Girls' 
Club  is  still  carried  on  with  good  results.  It  has  been 
open  for  three  nights  a  week  for  the  entire  year,  the 
Junior  Girls  meeting  once  a  week  on  another  evening. 

The  Physical  Culture  Class  meets  with  the  most  suc- 
cess, and  it  is  gratifying  to  see  the  improvement  in 
those  who  have  regularly  attended. 

A  basket-ball  team  has  recently  been  organized,  and 
will,  undoubtedly,  prove  a  great  attraction. 

Two  courses  of  cooking  lessons  were  given  last  win- 
ter, one  for  older  and  one  for  younger  girls. 

Two  entertainments  were  given  by  the  Club  mem- 
bers. The  proceeds  from  the  first  were  used  to  buy 
their  costumes  for  the  Physical  Culture  Class,  while  the 
money  raised  at  the  second  entertainment  forms  the 
nucleus  of  \he  amount  they  hope  to  raise  for 'the  pur- 
chase of  a  piano  for  the  Club. 

treasurer's  report. 

Receipts  for  the  year $823.48 

Disbursements   577-9 - 

Balance  on  hand $245.30 

OFFICERS. 

President,  MlSS  M.   L.   BellONI, 
Secretary,  Miss  A.  P.  Paret. 
Treasurer.  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Runk. 


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Report  of  the  Adricl  Mission  Band. 

During  the  past  year  the  members  of  the  Adriel 
Mission  Band  have  been  sewing  on  garments  to  be 
sent  to  Miss  Woodburn  at  Vermilye  Chapel  for  dis- 
tribution. Eighty-eight  dollars  were  realized  from  an 
entertainment.  Thirty  dollars  have  been  sent  for  the 
support  of  a  girl  in  India,  and  a  large  Christmas  box 
was  sent  to  the  West  in  December. 

treasurer's  report. 

Balance  from  last  year $44-5° 

Receipts 108.50 


$15300 
Disbursements    79-31 


On  hand  Jan.  1.  1897 $73  69 

OFFICERS. 

President,  MlSS    EDITH    Coe. 
Vice-President,   Miss  Helen  Van  Kleeck. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Miss  Bertha  Van  Kleeck. 


The  Young  People  s  Society  of  Christian 

Endeavor. 

The  Society  has  met  regularly  for  prayer  each  Sun- 
day evening, 'before  the  Church  service.  It  has  held 
monthly  business  meetings.  All  the  young  peo- 
ple have  been  specially  invited  to  connect  themselves 


with  it,  with  a  view  to  interesting  them  in  Christian 
work.  An  entertainment  has  been  given  to  the  buys 
and  girls  of  Vermilye  Chapel,  and  flowers  are  sent 
weekly  to  the  Chapel  for  the  Sunday  services,  after 
which  they  are  given  to  any  who  may  be  sick.  Old 
books  and  papers  have  been  collected  from  the  congre- 
gation and  distributed  to  the  poor  and  to  various  insti- 
tutions. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  Miss  Mary  Stone* 
Secretary,  MlSS  Margaret  Donald. 
Treasurer,  Mr.    Edward    BrOUWER. 

Chairmen  of  Committees. 

Social,  Miss  Nicole. 
Flower,  MlSS  Julia  Devo. 
Music,  Mr.  J.  Duane  Taylor.  J». 
Lookout,  Mr.  Henry  L.  Harrison. 
Tract  and  Paper,  Mr.  Edward  Avery. 

Missionary,    MlSS  ANNA-  Donald. 

Prayer  Meeting,  MlSS  ELIZABETH  Stone.      . 


For  a  report  of  the  work  at  Vermilye  Chapel,  which, 
with  the  exception  of  the  Sunday-school,  is  entirely 
supported  by  subscriptions  in  the  Forty-eighth  Street 
Church,  see  page  434. 


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arijurrlj 
MtBt  ©lit*  3bcnur  anti  77t\)  £tvrrt. 

REV.  HENRY  EVERTSON  COBB,  370  West  End  Avenue, 
in  charge. 


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i/ces. 


CUNDAY — At  9.45  a.  m.     Sunday-school. 

At  10.50  a.  M.    Meeting  in  the  Vestry  of 

the  Minister  and  Ciders. 
At  11  a-  m.      Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 
At  3  P.  M-.     The  Students'  Bible  Class. 
At  7.15  p.  m.      Young  People's  Prayer 

Meeting'. 
At  8  p.  M.  Public  Worship,  with  Sermon. 
Monday.  .  .  — At  10.30  a.  m.    The  Collegiate  Guild. 
At  3.30  p.  m.    The  King's  Daughters. 
At  7.30  p.  m.    Business  and  Social  Mpct- 
ing  of  Y^oung   People's  Society,    first 
Monday  of  the  month. 
Wednesday.— 'At  8  p.  m.  The  Church  Prayer  Meeting. 
Thursday.. —  At  10.30  a.    m.      Mothers'    Association, 
third  Thursday  of  the  month. 


At  II  a.   m.    Women's   Missionary   So- 
ciety, first  Thursday  of  the  month. 
At  8   p.    m.     Relief    Committee,    second 
Thursday  of  the  month. 
Friday.  .  .  .—At  8  p.  m.   De  Vereeniging,  third  Friday 

of  the  month. 
Saturday.  . — At  8  p.  M.   Communicants'  Prayer  Meet- 
ing, evening  before  Communion. 

The  Communion  is  celebrated  at  the  Morning  Ser- 
vice on  the  last  Sunday  in  January,  March,  May,  Sep- 
tember and  November.  Preparatory  Service  is  held  on 
the  Wednesday  evening  preceding  the  Communion. 

The  Joint  Communion  Service  of  the  Collegiate 
Churches  and  Chapels  was  held  in  this  Church  on  Sun- 
day afternoon,  November  I,  1896. 

Service  was  held  on  the  evening  of  Good  Friday. 

The  work  of  the  Church,  having  been  carried  on 
through  the  "Church  Society,"  is  given  under  the  re- 
ports of  the  committees  of  that  organization. 


Tlbe  Church  Society?. 

President *s  Report.  » 

The  most  noteworthy  feature  in  the  work  of  the  past 
year  has  been  increased  interest  in  the  services  of  the 
Church  and' in  the  work  of  all  its  societies.  The 
spiritual  life  of  the  young  people  has  been  fostered 
through  the  Young  People's  .Society,  which  conducts 


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a  well  attended  Prayer  Meeting  every  Sunday  evening 
in  the  Church  Parlor.  A  special  work  among  young 
men,  represented  by  the  Students'  Bible  Class,  though 
begun  late  in  the  year,  promises  to  be  of  great  impor- 
tance. 

The  work  at  Vermilye  Chapel,  in  which  this  Society 
has  been  directly  interested,  has  been  encouraging. 
Through  the  winter  the  attendance  at  the  Sunday- 
school  has  been  very  large,  and  the  school  has  been 
amply  equipped  with  teachers.  A  new  departure,  in 
the  form  of  a  daily  Kindergarten,  has  been  maintained. 
The  increased  expense  which  this  made  necessary  pre- 
vented the  Kitchen  Garden  Association  from  continu- 
ing its  work  this  year;  it  will  be  resumed,  however,  in 
the  fall.    . 

The  Hospitality  Committee  gave  a  pleasant  recep- 
tion to  the  Rev.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cobb,  on  November 
13th,  at  which  a  large  number  of  the  congregation  were 
present. 

The  Flower  Committee  has  had  charge  of  the  deco- 
rations of  the  Church,  furnishing  flowers  for  the  pulpit 
each  Sunday  morning  and  elaborate  decorations  at 
Christmas  and  Easter,  The  flowers  used  have  been 
distributed  after  the  morning  service  among  the  sick. 

"Hard  times"  have  made  an  appreciable  difference 
with  the  income  01  the  Church  Society,  but  a  general 
personal  interest  in  its  work  by  the  members  of  the  con- 
gregation will,  it  is  hoped,  enable  the  Society  to  ex- 
tend its  work  still  farther  next  year. 


THE   TREASURER'S    REPORT. 

Balance  from  last  year $1,029.00 

Receipts  from  subscriptions 2.070  02 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Mission— Vermilye  Chapel $1,320.91 

Relief  Committee 241.00 

Hospitality  Committee. 174. 51 

Fresh  Air  Committee 250.00 

Flower  Committee 54-51 

Expense  Account 24.25 

Balance,  March   1st 


$3.108.0. 


$2.065. 1, s 


$1,042.84 


Officers  and  Committees  for  i8g6-7. 

OFFICERS, 

President,  Rev.   Henry  Evertson  Cobb. 

Vice-President,   Mr.  J.  V.  D.  Card. 

Secretary,  Mr.  TllEODORE  Wentz,  328  West  77th  Street. 

Treasurer,  Mr.  John  P.   Harden bergh,  121  West  73d  St. 

COMMITTEES. 

Executive. 
Chairman,    ReV.    HENRY   EVERTSON    CoBB. 

Mr.  J.  V.  D.  Card,  Mr.  Theodore  Wentz, 

Mr.  John  P.  Hardenbergh,    Mr.   L.  C.  Mygatt, 
Mr.  Hubert  Howson,  Mr.  Louis  G.  Muller, 

Mr.  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr., 
Mr.  C.  W.  Carpenter, 


Mr.   W.  J.   M<  In  doe. 
Mr.  John  Tati.iu  k.   }\i. 


Sunday-school. 
Chairman ,Mr.  C.  W.  Carpenter. 
Mr.  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr.,  Mr.  Theodore  Wentz. 

Miss  E.  R.  Greenwood,  Miss  M.  E.  Giffing. 


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Hospitality. 

Chairman ,  Mr.  L.  C.  Mygatt. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tiios.  C.Wood,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  H.  Lipsett, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  P.  Dor-   Mrs.  L.  C.  Mygatt, 

rance,  Miss  Mary  Greenwood, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  D.  Ciiapljn,  Miss  Evelina  Winne, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tiios.  E.  Har-   Mr.  William  E.  Hakrim.w, 

denbergh,  Mr.  Edward  H.  Dodd, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  G.  Muller. 

Mission. 

Chair  man, Win.  Hubert  IIowson. 
Mr.  W.  G.  Ver  Planck,         Mr.  David  Murray, 
Mr.  L.  C.  Wiiiton,  Mr.   Edward  II.  Dodd, 

Mr.  R.  F.  Little,'  Mrs.  R.  F.  Little, 

Dr.  E.  H.  Lines.  Miss  Anna  Boyd. 


AVAV/. 

Chair  man, Win.  Louis  G.  Muller. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  V.  D.  Card,  Miss  Anna  Boyd, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  W.  Pickard,  Miss  Anna  Sturges, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Tatlock,  Jr.,  Miss  Abbey  Sturges. 
Dr.  Charles  G.  Kerley,  Dr.  Louis  Bishop" 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Miller. 

Flower. 

Chairman, Mr.  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  R.  Kent,       Mrs.  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr. 

Auxiliary  to  tlic  Mission  Boards. 

Chair man, Mrs.  W.  J.  McIndoe.  • 

Mrs.  Tiios.  C.  Wood,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr., 

Miss  K.  S.  Harriman. 


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De  I  rertenigin&  . 

Chairman,  Mr.  John  TatLOCK,  Jr. 
Mr.  D.  D.  CiiArLiN,  Mr   F.  W.  Pickard. 


Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  CJiurch  Sun- 
day-School. 

The  Sunday-school  opened  on  the  first  Sunday  in 
October.  Additions  to  its  enrollment  have  been 
constantly  received  through  the  winter.  The  number 
of  classes  has  increased  and  teachers  have  been  readily 
found  for  them.  A  genuine  interest  has  shown  in 
every  department.  Much  of  this  success  is  due  to  the 
faithful  services  of  Mr.  C.  W.  Carpenter,  who,  to  the 
great  regret  of  every  teacher  and  scholar,  found  it  nec- 
essary to  retire  from  the  office  of  Superintendent  on  the 
first  of  January.  Mr.  C.  II.  Tucker,  Jr.,  was  unani- 
mously elected  in  his  place. 

The  Bible  Class,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Frank  II. 
Dodd,  and  meeting  in  the  Consistory  Room,  has  fol- 
lowed the  Bible  Study  Union's  course  in  the  "Teach- 
ings of  Christ."  During  the  absence  of  Mr.  Dodd,  the 
class  has  been  directed  by  Mr.  R.  Harmon  Potter,  of 
the  Uniort  Theological  Seminary.  The  interest  in  this 
study  has  been  great,  and  nearly  the  full  membership 
has  been  present  every  Sunday.  In  the  Main  School 
the  International  Sunday-school  Lessons  (Peloubet's) 
have  been  used.  In  the  Primary  Class  the  attendance 
has  been  larger  than  in  any  previous  year. 

Several  entertainments  have  been  held  for  the  School. 
On  October  23rd,  a  "Social  Rally"  of  the  scholars  was 
held  in  the  parlors.  The  Christinas  Festival  was  held 
on  December  26th.  Singing,  recitations,  addresses  and 
a  great  Christmas  tree  helped  to  make  the  occasion 
thoroughly  enjoyable-    The  children  brought  their  gifts 


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as  usual,  enough  to  provide  a  Christmas  present   for 
every  child  in  the  New  York  Orphan  Asylum 

The  offerings  of  the  School  for  the  year  ending 
May  ist,  1897,  have  amounted  to  $247.33.  Of  this 
j  J  amount  $100  was  appropriated  for  the  work  of  the 
!  j  Indian  Mission  ($75  from  the  Main  School  and 
$25  from  the  Primary  School);  the  annual  appro- 
priation of  $60  was  made  to  maintain  an  out  station 
for  preaching  in  China;  $10  went  to  the  Arabian 
Mission  (the  annual  subscriptions  of  the  Main  and 
Primary  Schools),  and  $37.33  was  contributed  to  the 
Rev.  George  L.  Rose  for  mission  work  in  Senegambia. 
The  Plospital  at  Amoy  received  $40  for  the  con- 
struction of  its  new  buildings. 


Officers    and    Teachers,     ...  26 

Scholars,  Bible  Class,    ....  18 

Main  School,       .         .         .  109 

Primary,          ....  4° 


Total  number  on  roll,  199 

Largest  attendance,       ....     146 
Average  attendance,  .         .         .         118 

!  The  following  are  the  officers  and  teachers  of  the 

Sunday-school : 

OFFICERS.  ' 

Superintendent, Uv..  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr.,  J09  West  87th  St. 
Ass1 7  Superintendent ,Mr!  Theodore  Wentz,3_>8  West  77th  St 
Treasurer.  Mr.  J.  V.   D.   Card,  246  West  73d  St. 
Secretary,  Mr.  Herbert  B.  Sexton,  117  West  71st  St. 
LibrarianM**  Ten  Eyck  Elmendorf,  159  West  9^  St. 


Mr.  C.  W.  Miller, 
Mr.  L.  C.  Whiton, 
Dr.  H.  M.  Brush, 
Mr.  F.  L.  Colwell, 
Mr.  James  Wiggins, 
Mr.  A.  L.   Sherrill, 
Mr.  Hilary  R.  Chambers, 
Mrs.  Hilary  R.  Chambers 
Miss  F.  A.  Baldwin, 


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TEACHERS. 

M  KS.  II.  Howson, 
Mrs.  C.  H.  Tucker,  Jr. 
Miss  Jessie  Mygatt, 
M  iss  Emily  Pit  kard, 
Miss  Elise  Smith, 
Miss  Sarah  W.  Peck, 
Miss  Edith  Glenney, 
Miss  Abdy  L.  Sturges, 
Miss  Mary  Giffing. 


Bible  Class. 
Mr.  Frank  II.  Dodd. 

Jy>i//ii(/y  ( 'lass. 
Mr.  Theodore  Wentz,  Miss  Antoinette  Putman-Cramer. 

report  of  the  treasurer  of  the  sunday-school. 

Received — Church  collection  for  Sunday-school 

work,  March  18th   ^7iS 

,   Church     collection     for      Christmas 

Entertainment    131.75 

Advanced  from  Special  Work  Fund 17500 

$394- 10 

Expended  Jor  Sunday-school   supplies 129.09 

"    Christmas    celebration 192.76 

322-45 

Balance,  March  1st   $7105 


Report  of  the  A  fission  Committee. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  report  an  increase  in 
the  number  pf  officers  and  teachers  in  the  Sunday- 
school  at  Vermilye  Chapel,  as  this  means  that  more 
efficient  work  is  being-  done  with  the  same  number  of 
scholars.     After  careful  revision,  the  roll  contains  the 


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names  of  about  600  scholars — all  that  can  be  comfort- 
ably accommodated  with  the  present  seating  arrange- 
ments. After  some  agitation  of  the  subject,  as  an  ex- 
periment, benches  were  provided  for  a  few  classes,  in 
place  of  the  old  arrangement  of  separate  chairs.  The 
change  met  with  such  approval,  both  from  the  teach- 
ers and  officers  of  the  Sunday-school  and  the  members 
of  the  congregation  at  the  Chapel,  that  the  Church  So- 
ciety of  the  Seventy-seventh  Street  Church  has  appro- 
priated sufficient  funds  to  equip  twenty  classes  with 
these  benches,  and  it  is  hoped  that  in  time  the  entire 
school  may  be  furnished  with  them.  The  Christian 
Endeavorers  and  others  at  the  Chapel  have  undertaken 
to  help  raise  the  necessary  funds. 

The  Library  of  the  Sunday-school  has,  this  winter, 
been  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Ver  Planck  and  Mr. 
Harriman,  who,  with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Ungerer, 
have  more  than  doubled  the  circulation  of  the  books  by 
helping  the  scholars  in  their  selection,  and  encourag- 
ing them  to  use  the  library.  Over  one  hundred  books 
are  given  out  each  Sunday  morning. 

The  School  is  under  the  efficient  superintendence  of 
Dr.  E.  H.  Lines,  and  Mr.  E.  H.  Dodd  and  Mrs.  Kerr 
have  charge  of  the  infant  and  primary  classes.  Fur- 
ther account  of  the  Sunday-school  will  be  found  in  the 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Yermilye  Chapel. 

The  "Fresh  Air  Work"  was  conducted  at  the  jbint 
expense  of  the  Seventy-seventh  Street  and  Forty- 
eighth  Street  congregations.  During  the  past  summer 
about  140  children  were  sent  to  \vack  for  two  weeks, 
22  adults  were  given  holidays  at  White  Plains,  from 
one  to  two  weeks  at  a  time,  and  more  than  30  boys  and 


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girls  over  12  years  of  age  were  sent  on  day  trips  at  a 
total  expense  of  about  $350. 


The  Kindergarten. 

A  special  report  should  be  made  of  the  Kindergarten 
which  the  Mission  Committee  opened  at  Vermilye  Chapel 
on  November  1st,  with  8  children  in  attendance.  The 
present  membership  is  55,  with  an  average  attendance 
of  42.  As  noted  elsewhere,  the  Kindergarten  had  its 
origin  in  a  little  fair  held  by  the  King's  Daughters' 
Circle  of  the  Seventy-seventh  Street  Church,  the  pro- 
ceeds of  which  were  devoted  to  this  object.  It  is  in 
charge  of  Miss  Blanche  Van  Wagenen,  with  Miss 
Frances  S.  Hulse  as  assistant,  and  acknowledgement 
should  be  made  of  the  fact  that  their  first  two  months' 
service  was  given  gratuitously  to  the  work. 

In  addition  to  the  ordinary  work  of  the  Kindergar- 
ten, the  teachers  have  visited  every  family  connected 
with  the  class,  and  have  frequently  drawn  in  from  the 
neighborhood  those  who  have  had  no  previous  con- 
nection with  the  Chapel.  The  class  is  recruited  chietiy 
from  two  blocks  in  the  immediate  vicinity.  A  quan- 
tity of  clothing  has  been  distributed  in  connection  with 
these  visits,  and  cases  of  pitiful  distress  discovered  and 
relieved.  Mothers'  Meetings  have  been  held,  to  secure 
co-operation  in  the  homes  with  the  efforts  of  the  class 
room.  The  children  gave  a  festival  at  Christmas  time, 
which  was  attended  by  their  parents  and  friends,  and 
an  entertainment  on  Washington's  birthday.  The 
Christmas' tree  and  ornaments  were  kindly  given  by  a 
member  of  the  Seventy-seventh  Street  Church. 

The  Committee  on    the    Kindergarten    consists    of 


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Mrs.  R.  F.  Little,  Chairman;  Mrs.  C.  N.  Dodge,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Lippincott  and  Mrs.  E.  11.  Clark. 

Report  of  the  Relief  Committee. 

The  work  of  the  Relief  Committee  has  been  carried 
on  principally  in  the  densely  populated  section  below 
Sixtieth  street,  west  of  Ninth  avenue.  It  has  been  done 
largely  through  the  agencies  of  Yermilye  Chapel  and 
the  Eighth  District  Committee  of  the  Charity  Organ- 
ization Society.  \11  cases  have  been  carefully  investi- 
gated, and,  when  found  worthy,  have  been  rendered 
immediate  assistance,  in  a  number  of  cases  the  indi- 
vidual members  of  the  committee  have  taken  appli- 
cants in  charge  and  supplied  their  necessities.  Medi- 
cine, provisions  and  cast-off  clothing  have  been  fur- 
nished, and,  in  cases  of  illness,  our  Dr.  liishop  has  ren- 
dered valuable  service.  In  several  instances  families, 
where  the  worker  has  been  incapacitated,  have  been 
found  in  pitiable  extremity.  Such  have  been  judiciously 
assisted  and  given  work,  and  the  results  have  been  more 
than  gratifying. 

The  comparatively  small  amount  which  has  been 
expended  this  last  winter  has  not  been  due  to  any  lim- 
ited number  of  cases,  but  to  the  limited  means  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  committee.  The  committee  trusts 
to  be  able  to  do  the  work,  next  winter,  which  it  has 
been  compelled  to  refuse  so  often  this  past  year. I 

The  report  of  the  committee's  finances  is  as  follows: 
Received    from  Treasurer    of    Church    Societ) 

(April  1,^1896,  to  March  1.  [897) $275.00 

Expended  in  charitable  work   248  59 

Amount  on  hand $26.4 1 


Report  of  the  West  End  Collegiate  Guild. 

The  Collegiate  Guild  has  held  meetings  every  Mon- 
day, from  October  to  April,  at  half-past  ten  o'clock, 
and,  with  a  membership  of  30,  has  had  an  average  at- 
tendance of  20  members. 

In  March,  1896,  a  successful  entertainment  was 
given,  entitled  "Old  Friends  with  New  Faces,"  con- 
sisting of  tableaux  by  children  illustrating  familiar 
rhymes.  The  members  of  the  Guild  assisted  the  King's 
Daughters'  Circle  in  their  little  fair,  in  December. 
Eighty  photographs  of  the  Pastor  have  been  sold  dur- 
ing the  year. 

Nearly  600  articles  have  been  given  during  the 
year,  of  which  266  were  made  by  the  members.  A 
large  box,  valued  at  $150,  was  sent  to  a  Western 
Missionary  and  his  family,  and  contained  $30  to  be 
expended  for  other  necessities.  Appreciative  letters 
were  received  from  the  Missionary  and  his  wife.  Ten 
dollars  were  given  to  the  Fresh  Air  work  at  the  Chil- 
dren's Day  Nursery  Branch,  in  West  Sixty-fourth 
street,  and  $10  for  the  employment  of  women  who 
meet  there  to  sew.  At  Christmas,  67  toys  were  sent  to 
the  children. 

Ten  dollars  were  given  to  the  Riverside  Day  Nurs- 
ery for  Fresh  Air  work,  and  35  articles  of  clothing. 
Vermilye  Chapel  received  114  dolls  for  the  Christmas 
tree  and  material  for  25  others. 

About  150  articles  of  clothing  have  been  distributed 
for  the  relief  of  the  poor  at  the  Chapel. 


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the  treasurer's  report. 

Balance,   March   i,    1896 $154.32 

Receipts  to   March,    [897 njo.jfi 

$344-68 
Expenditure    141.62 

Balance,  March  1,  1897 $203.06 

OFFICERS 

President, Miss  Helen  M.  Harrimak. 
First  Vice- Presiden, ,  Mrs.  Wm.  E.  Jackson. 
Second  Vice-President,  MlSS  L.  A.  Stukges. 
Secretary, Miss  Evelyn  Ballantine. 
Treasurer,  AIiss   ANNIE    M.    Boyd. 


Report  of  the    Committee  Auxiliary  to  the 

Mission  Boar  its. 

The    Women's  Missionary  Society. 

Meetings  have  been  held  in  the  Church  Parlor  on 
the  first  Thursday  in  every  month,  from  October  to 
May.  The  Society  has  listened  with  great  interest  to 
addresses,  at  different  times,  from  the  Pastor,  Rev. 
George  P.  Pierson,  of  Japan,  Mrs.  Alfred  P.  Myers, 
Mrs.  David  J.  Burrell,  Miss  V.  F.  Penrose,  Mrs.  John 
S.  Bussing  and  Miss  O.  H.  Lawrence.  The  average 
attendance  at  these  meetings  has  been  jo.  and  the 
membership  of  the  Society  is  100. 

During  the  year,  the  sum  of  $693. 86  has  been  re- 
ceived, of  which  $213.58  were  given  to  the  Women's 
Executive  Committee  of  Domestic  Missions;  $291.52 
to    the    Women's    Board    of    Foreign    Missions;    and 


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$150  for  the  support  of  a  Hindu  High  Caste  Girtf 
School  at  Kaveripak,  under  the  charge  of  Miss  Kitty 
Scudder.  The  minor  expenses  of  the  Society  have 
been  defrayed  by  the  contents  of  private  mite  boxes 
returned  at  each  meeting.  Sincere  thanks  were  re- 
ceived from  the  Summer  Sewing  Guild  for  115  articles 
made  by  the  members  of  the  Society. 

OFFICERS. 

President, Mrs.   WALTER  J.   MclNDOE. 

Vice-President,  Mrs.  Thomas  C.  Wood. 
Secretary, Mrs.   Cummings   II.  Tucker,   Jr.. 

Treasurer,  Mtss  Katk  S.    HaRRIMAN. 


Report  of  the  Mothers  Association 

The  Mothers'  Association  has  met  on  the  third 
Thursday  of  each  month,  at  half-past  ten  o'clock.  The 
second  year  of  its  existence  shows  a  keener  interest  on 
the  part  of  the  ladies,  and  an  increased  membership. 
The  average  attendance  since  October  has  been  17. 
The  purpose  of  these  meetings  is  the  prayerful  consid- 
eration of  points  pertaining  to  the  best  moral  training 
of  children  and  the  spiritual  strengthening  of  the 
mothers.  Following  is  a  list  of  the  meetings  which 
have  been  held  thus  far.  and  of  the  topics  discussed  by 

the  members: 

1896. 

October.     'The  Aim  of  the  Mothers'  Association." 
November.     "Adapting    Religions   Instruction   to   the    A.ge 

and  Capacity  of  Children." 

December.     "Rewards  and  Punishments." 


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January.     "Truthfulness  and  Purity." 

February.     "The  Influence  of  Dress  upon  the  Formation  of 
Character."       Address  by  Mrs.   Kate   Upson  Clark. 

March.     "Reverence  and  Obedience."     Address  by  Rev.  H. 

E.  Cobb. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  MliS.    D.    D.    CHAPLIN. 
Vice-President,  Mrs.  L.  C.  WlUTON. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer ,  Mrs.   E.  H.  Clark. 


De  Verecniging. 

The  fall  meetings  of  De  Vereeniging  were  inter- 
rupted by  the  excitement  of  the  political  campaign,  so 
that  fewer  meetings  have  been  heUl  during  this  year 
than  last.  Those  which  have  been  held  have  been  of 
exceeding  interest,  and  have  been  well  attended.  The 
dates  of  the  meetings,  with  the  names  of  those  who 
have  been  guests  of  the  Society  from  time  to  time,  are 
herewith  given: 

April  17,  1896.  Address  by  Rev.  Dr.  James  S.  Dennis,  of 
the  American  College,  at  Bey  rout,  Syria,  on  "The  Turkish 
Problem." 

December  11,  1896.  Address  by  Mr.  Jacob  Riis,  author  of 
"How  the  Other  Half  Lives,"  on  "The  Tenement  House  Hvil 
and  Its  Cure." 

January  15,  1897.  Lecture  by  Mr.  \\r.  W.  Ellswortfc,  of 
"The  Century  Magazine,"  on  "From  Gib.  to  Joppa,"  illus- 
trated by  the  stereopticon. 

February  19^1897.  Annual  meeting  for  the  election  of  offi- 
cers and  the  transaction  of  business.  Col.  A.  K.  Smith,  M. 
D.,  one  of  the  members,  gave  a  delightful  account  of  the  ex- 
periences of  an  army  officer  in    Texas.     Mr.  C  Jlidson    Bush- 


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nell,  Mr.  H.  B.   Phinny  and  Mr.  Charles  Tyler  Dutton  con- 
tributed pleasant  musical  features  to  the  occasion. 

April  5,  1897.  Ladies'  night.  Lecture  by  Mr.  George  G. 
Rockwood,  on  "Photography  to  Date,"  illustrated  by  the 
stereopticon. 

OFFICERS. 

President ,Mr.  Charles  A.  Walker. 
Vice- 1 'resident ,Mr.  Theodore  Wentz. 
Secretary  and  1 reasu/yr,  Mr.   W.   W.   Beebe. 


Executive  Com/nit  tee. 


Mr.  W.  F.  Merrill, 
Mr.  W.  G.  Ver  Planck, 


Mr.  James  W.  Phyfe, 
Col.  A.  K.  Smith. 


Report  of  the  Yotnig  People's  Society. 

This  Society  was  organized  March  1st,  181)7.  It 
succeeded  a  "Christian  Endeavor"  Society  which,  last 
fall,  absorbed  the  two  earlier  organizations  of  the 
King's  Sons  and  the  Iscah  Missionary  Circle.  The 
principal  purpose  of  this  Society  is  to  maintain  a 
Young  People's  Prayer  Meeting,  which  is  held  on 
Sunday  evenings,  at  7.15  o'clock.  The  committee> 
thus  far  appointed  have  to  do  with  the  various  features 
of  this  meeting.  The  membership  numbers  (March 
1st)  35-  , 

OFFICERS  AND  c  OAfA/I  ITIJ-.S. 

President, THEODORE   Wentz. 
J  rice-Presiden  /.Ralph  Belknap. 
Secretary, Ten  Eyck  Elmendorf. 
Treasurer,  Miss   Emily    PlCKARD. 
Pianist,  L.  T.  Howe. 


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COMMITTERS. 
Devotional. 
Ambrose  Hardenbergii.  Herbert  B.  Sexton. 

Lookout. 

T.  E.  Hardenbergii,  Jr.,  Jack  Pickard, 

Miss  Helen  Card. 

Social. 

Miss  Sarah  Peck,  R.  L.  Waters. 


Report   of  I  he  Kings  Daughters 

The  King's  Daughters'  Circle  have  held  their  regu- 
lar meetings  each  Monday  afternoon  during  the  win- 
ter. Last  December  they  held  a  fair  for  the  benefit  of 
the  Kindergarten  at  Vermilye  Chapel  and  realized 
$104.31.  They  have  made  a  number  of  crib  comfort- 
ers, which  have  been  distributed  among  the  needy  at 
the  Chapel.  A  small  amount  of  money  has  been 
given  Miss  Woodburn,  the  Visitor  at  the  Chapel,  to  be 
used  among  the  poor.  "Comfort  bags"  are  now  being 
made  to  be  sent  to  the  Seaman's  Friend  Society,  as 
Easter  gifts  for  the  sailors. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  AGNES  Ah  In  doe. 
Vice-President,  LOUISE  Clark. 
See retdi j,  Kate  Taylor  MasSEY. 
Treasurer,  DOROTHY    S\i  l  ill. 


Report  of  the  Students    Bible   Class. 

For  the  purpose  of  reaching  young  men  in  the 
neighborhood,  a  "Pleasant  Sunday  Afternoon  Asso- 
ciation" was  inaugurated  in  the  fall  of  1896.     Upon  an 


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overture  from  the  [ntercollegiate  Bible  Study  Com- 
mittee of  New  York  City,  it  was  decided  to  reorgan- 
ize into  one  of  the  "Church  Students'  Classes,"  such  as 
are  held  in  churches  in  various  districts  of  the  city. 
These  classes  are  an  outgrowth  of  the  attempt  of  the 
College  Y.  M.  C.  A.  to  get  hold  of  college  men  who 
come  to  the  city  to  pursue  post-graduate  studies,  and 
of  men  studying  in  the  law  and  medical  schools,  and 
the  School  of  Pharmacy.  The  class  at  this  Church  is 
the  fifth  of  its  kind  in  the  city,  and  was  enthusiastically 
organized  on  the  afternoon  of  February  28th,  1897. 
Mr.  James  G.  Cannon,  leader  of  a  similar  class  at  the 
Madison  Avenue  Reformed  Church;  Mr.  Theron  G. 
Strong,  the  leader  of  the  class  at  the  Brick  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  and  a  number  of  young  men  connected 
with -this  work  and  with  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  were  present. 
On  the  following  Sunday  (March  7th)  officers  were 
elected,  and  a  Visiting  Committee  appointed,  whose 
duty  it  should  be  to  call  upon  students  boarding  in  this 
section  of  the  city.  Names  of  such  students  are  sent 
to  the  Chairman  of  the  Visiting  Committee  by  the 
Chairman  of  the  General  Committee  of  all  the  classes. 
In  every  instance  men  have  been  cordially  received  by 
the  students  and  their  interest  appreciated.  It  was  soon 
discovered,  however,  that  the  class  was  organized  too 
late  in  the  season  to  accomplish  much  result  this  year. 
The  members  will  get  together  early  in  the  fall  aftld  be- 
gin an  active  campaign,  which,  with  God's  blessing, 
must  be  of  great  importance.  One  or  more  members 
of  the  class' purpose  attending  the  Students'  Confer- 
ence, at  Northfield,  this  summer.  The  class  has  been 
under  the  efficient  leadership  of  Mr.  R.    Harmon   Tot- 


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tcr,  a  student  at  Union  Theological  Seminary.  He 
has  conducted  a  profitable  studv  in  "The  Teachings  of 
Christ." 

OFFICERS. 

President ;Mr,  Truman  Abbe.  389  West  End  Ave. 
Secretary,  A.  A.  Rhodes,  206  West  88th   St. 
Treasurer,  Mr.  C.  II.  Mitchell,  1  West  8ist  St. 
Class  Leader, Mr.  R.  Harmon  Potter, 
Chairman  Visiting  Committee ,Mr.    Truman    Abbe. 
Chairman  Music  Committee,  Mr.  A.  A.  RHODES. 
Chairman  Reception  Committee,  Mr.   C.  II.  TUCKER,  Jl< 


In  addition  to  the  fore^oin^  reports  mention  should 
be  made  of  the  following: 

The  manager  of  the  McAll  Missionary  Association 
reports  a  contribution  from  individuals  in  the  Seventy- 
seventh  Street  Church  of  $117.60.  which  is  less  than 
last  year. 

The  Arabian  Mission  Syndicate  of  the  Seventy- 
seventh  Street  Church  is  pledged  to  a  contribution  of 
$135  yearly."  This  amount  has  been  contributed  in  due 
course. 

Report  of  Treasttrcr  of  Special  Collections, 

RECEIPTS. 

Collections  for  Special  Work — undes- 
ignated     $-47 1 .76  f 

Collections  for  Fresh  Air  Work  at  Yer- 

milye  Chapel   258 .03 

Collections,  for  Sunday-school  work...     87.35 

Collections  for  Christinas  Entertain- 
ment of  Sunday-school 131*75 

$048  Bg 


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DISBURSEMENTS. 

For  Fresh  Air  Work   $224.08 

"     Printing     and     various     items     of 

Church  work  272.00 

"     Sunday-school  work    263.35 

Christmas  Entertainment  of    Sun- 
day-school        131 .75 


11. 1; 


'Balance,  March  1st $5771 


1  $175  was  transferred,  on  direction  of  the  Church  officers,  to  the  Sunday 
school  account,  from  the  "Special  Work"  account.  See  report  of  the  Trej-urer 
of  the  Sunday-school. 

a  Of  this  balance,  $33.95  is  available  for  Fresh  Air  work  for  1897. 


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Slnibrrsttj)  3i)rigi)ts  ($f)urri). 

REV.    FERDINAND    S.    SCHENCK,    D.    D.,    University 

Heights,   in  charge. 

Services. 


CUNDAY  —At  II  a.  m 

mon. 
At  2.30  p. 
Classes. 


.   Public  Worship,   with   Ser- 
M.    Sunday-school  ami   Bible 


Wednesday 


At  8  p.  M.  Public  Worship,  with  Sermon. 
-At  8  p.  m.   Midweek  meeting:. 


As  an  Assistant  Minister  has  been  inducted  into  of- 
fice at  this  Church,  it  is  well  that  the  various  steps  taken 
by  the  Consistory  leading-  to  this  result  should  be 
known. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Consistory,  the  first  Thursday  of 
November,  1894  (Nov.  1st),  Elders  Beers,  Bookstaver, 
Bussing  and  Deacon  Runk  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee "to  look  for  a  site  suitable  for  a  church  enterprise, 
within  the  boundaries  of  the  City  of  New  York,  north 
of  the  church  at  West  End  avenue  and  Seventy-seventh 
street,  and  report  to  Consistory."  From  the  first,  the 
Consistory  had  in  view  a  site  near  the  New  York  Uni- 
versity.   On  the  first  Thursday  of  January,  180^  I  km. 


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3rd),  this  committee  reported  to  Consistory  recom- 
mending the  purchase  of  a  plot  on  University  Heights, 

opposite  the  University  Grounds  "if  a    lease   could   be 

obtained  of  the  University  Chapel  for  religious  ser- 
vices and  a  Sunday-school."  This  report  was  accepted 
and  adopted  at  the  same  meeting.  And  it  was  fur- 
ther resolved,  "if  such  lease  be  obtained  and  such  pur- 
chase made  that  the  Consistory  will,  as  soon  thereaf- 
ter as  practicable,  establish  a  Sunday-school  and 
preaching  services  in  the  University  Chapel  so  leased, 
and  will  thereafter  erect  a  suitable  church  when  the  cir- 
cumstances warrant  the  same."  The  Committee  was 
continued,  with  power  to  carry  out  these  resolutions, 
and  Rev.  Drs.  Chambers,  Coe  and  Burrell  were  added 
to  the  committee  as  consulting  members.  ( )n  the  23rd 
of  March,  1895,  the  title  was  closed,  and  a  (\ca\  re- 
ceived, conveying  a  plot  of  land  at  the  northwesterly 
cornerof  University  avenue  and  Loring  place,  extend- 
ing Westerly  along  University  avenue  about  190J  feet 
to  a  private  street  designated  as  Oxford  place,  thence 
northerly  along  Oxford  place  about  130A  feet,  thence 
easterly  to  Loring  place  about  [88  feet,  containing  al- 
together about  nine  and  one-half  lots.  Services  were 
begun  in  the  Chapel  on  the  first  Sunday  in  March, 
1895,  after  a  lease  of  the  same  had  been  given  by  the 
University,  and  a  contract  made  for  the  conveyance  oi 
this  plot,  but  before  the  dcc*.\  was  actually  executed.  At 
the  first  service  Chancellor  MacCracken  officiated,  and 
at  the  same  time  the  Sunday-school  was  organize  1. 
Thereafter, ior  several  months,  the  pulpit  was  supplied 
by  the  ministers  of  the  Collegiate  Church  and  their 
assistants,  but  this  being  found  inconvenient,  the  pul- 


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|  pit  was  subsequently  occupied  by  ministers  of  our  own 
and  kindred  denominations. 
On  the  first  Thursday    of    February,    1896,    Elders 

.,    Beers,  Bookstaver  and  Talmadge  and  Deacons  Runk 
and  Walker  were  elected  a  committee  to  have  charge 
of  the  enterprise. 
During  the  month  of  November,  1896,  the  commit- 

|  tee  received  a  communication  from  the  people  who 
had  been  worshipping  at  University  Heights,  signed 
by  about  eighty  persons,  earnestly  requesting  "that 
Rev.  Ferdinand  Schureman  Schenck,  1).  D.,  be  called 
as  Assistant  Minister  of  the  Collegiate  Church  and  un- 
signed for  labor  at  University  Heights,"  and  expressed 
their  intention  of  "identifying  themselves  with  that 
church  if  vigorous  work  be  commenced  under  him." 
On  the  first  Thursday  of  December,  1896  (Dec.  3rd), 
the  committee  presented  a  report  to  Consistory  on  the 
subject,  setting  forth  the  reception  by  them  of  this 
communication,  and  recommended  that  the  prayer  of 
the  petition  be  granted.  At  the  same  meeting  it  was 
resolved  "that  the  people  worshipping  at  University 
Heights  be  invited  to  join  this  Church  by  confession 
or  by  letter,  and  that  a  Communion  service  be  held  at 
an  early  date  for  the  reception  of  such  members,  and 
that  they  be,  as  soon  as  practicable,  organized  as  a  con- 
gregation of  this  Church." 

At  a  meeting  of  Consistory,  held  on  the  7th  of  Jan- 
uary, 1897,  it  authorized  the  committee  to  invite  Dr. 
Schenck  to  become  an  Assistant  Minister  of  the  Col- 
legiate Church,  and,  if  he  accepted,  to  provide  for  his 
removal  to  this  city.  Subsequently,  and  in  February, 
1897,  Dr.  Schenck  accepted  the  invitation,  and  at  the 


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February  meeting  of  Consistory,  the  committee  was 
authorized   to  make    arrangements    for    his  induction 

into  office,  and  he  was  duly  inducted  on  the  first  Sun- 
day of  March  (Mar.  7U1),  in  the  presence  of  a  large  as- 
semblage, which  filled  the  Gymnasium  Hall,  all  of  the 
Ministers  and  Assistant  Ministers  taking  part  in  the 
services  except  Dr.  Burrell,  who  was,  unfortunately, 
prevented  by  reason  of  illness.  On  the  following-  Sun- 
day (March  13th)  the  Communion  service  was  held 
and,  although  the  day  was  a  very  inclement  one,  thirty- 
five  persons  were  received  by  letter  and  one  on  confes- 
sion. Since  then  the  services  have  been  largely  at- 
tended, and  the  outlook  is  very  promising. 

The  Society  for   Christian    Work. 

The  direction  of  the  Christian  work  of  this  congre- 
gation,is  under  the  control  of  the  Council.  This  is  com- 
posed of  the  Minister  in  charge,  the  Chancellor  of  the 
University,  and  six  members  of  the  Church,  elected  by 
the  congregation,  and  consists  as  follows: 

Rev.  Ferdinand  Sciiureman  Schenck,  D.  D 

Chancellor  Henry  M.  MacCkacken.  1).  1)..  L.L.  D. 

Hon.  Hamlin  Babcock. 

Dr.  William  St.  G.  Elliott. 

Professor  C.  L.  Bristol,  A.  M. 

Professor  Pomeroy  Ladue.  A.  M. 

Mr.  Frank  W.  Pine.  • 

Mr.  Henry  R.   Sutphen. 

The  Council  assign  all  the  members  of  the  congrega- 
tion upon  the  following  committees,  and  each  elected 
member  of  the  Council  is  chairman  of  one  of  them. 
The  committees,  as  at  present  organized,  are: 


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Finance. 

Benevolence. 

Church  Services. 

Invitation  and  Welcome. 

Students. 

Social  Life. 

A  College  Students'  movement  has  recently  been  in- 
augurated under  the  direction  of  the  minister  in  charge, 
with  the  promise  of  a  large  attendance. 


Sunday  School  and  Bible   Classes. 


Superintendent,  Professor  Marshall  Brown,  A.  M. 
Ass 't 'Superintendent ',Dr.  William  St.  G.  Elliott. 
Treasurer, Mli:    NoiJLE   MacCraCKEN. 
Secretary, Miss  Laura  Wkuii. 

TEACHERS, 
Mrs.  Mary  B.  Maltby,  Mr.  Albert  A.  Kortiirup, 

Miss  Fay  M.  MacCracken,     Rev.  Ferdinand  Schureman 
Miss  Ella  Corsa,  Schenck,  D.  D. 

Miss  Annie  Elliott, 

At  present  there  is  an  average    attendance    of    fifty 
scholars,  of  whom  thirty  are  in  the  Bible  Classes. 


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Jlovti)  (fffjurci)  atijaprl. 

MR.  C.  F.  CUTTER,  in  charge. 


Services. 

The  Noon  Prayer  Meeting. 

Y)  URING  the  year  1896,  five  thousand  sources  of 
written  and  oral  petitions  returned  over  1,600 
testimonials  of  thanksgiving  for  the  results  accom- 
plished through  prayers  of  faith  and  labors  of  love. 
Noteworthyamong  these  results  have  been  the  strength- 
ening of  young'  men  employed  downtown,  and  the 
tributes  brought  from  afar.  Men  in  the  service  of  the 
Navy,  business  men  from  South  America.'  Holland, 
Norway  and  Denmark;  missionaries,  travelers,  and  ex- 
iles from  Syria,  China  and  Africa;  frequenters  from 
New  York  and  suburbs  and  sojourners  in  the  city, 
have  daily  been  refreshed  and  strengthened  at  these 
"living  waters,"  and  have  gratefully  declared  their  in- 
debtedness for  blessings  received  of  (\oA  through  the 
instrumentality  of  the  Fulton  Street  Noon  1 'raver- 
Meeting. 

On  Tuesdays  Missions  and  Missionaries  are  ob- 
jects of  prater.  Wednesday  is  Young  People's  Day, 
and  on  Saturday  the  International  Sunday-school 
Lesson  and  the  young  are  usually  considered. 


413 

Recently  a  list  of  nearly  300  names  and  addresses  of 
patrons  of  the  meeting  has  been  collected.  These  are 
but  a  fraction  of  what  might  be  accumulated. 

During  1895  many  leaders  for  the  meeting  were  se- 
cured by  correspondence  from  the  ranks  of  ministers, 
whose  support  is  hearty,  but  whose  duties  prevent  fre- 
quent attendance. 

In  1896,  the  experiment  was  tried  of  making  the 
meeting  itself  a  source  from  whence  should  be  drawn 
its  daily  leaders,  with  the  result  that  there  are  now 
nearly  200  names  on  the  list  of  leaders.  The.  number 
of  visitors  and  of  different  participants  compares  fav- 
orably with  recent  years. 

The  amount  and  importance  of  the  correspondence 
conducted  has  been  very  great  and  very  gratifying. 

Mention  may  be  made  of  some  of  the  results  of  this 
meeting,  viz. :  The  establishing  of  young  men,  whether 
visitors,  to  the  city  or  settled  here,  in  distinct  spiritual 
convictions,  associations,  and  service;  the  edification, 
"building  up  in  Christ"  of  every  receptive,  thirsty, 
troubled  or~  inquiring  soul  that  comes  to  the  meeting. 

During  the  year  congratulatory  greetings  have  been 
received  from  similar  meetings  in  London,  Glasgow 
and  Berlin,  with  an  especially  encouraging  and  helpful 
visit  from  the  secretary  of  the  meeting  in  Liverpool. 

It  is  thought  that  the  value,  power  and  usefulness  of 
this  Prayer-Meeting,  during  1896,  when  judged,  not  by 
the  aggregate  numbers  in  attendance,  but  by  charac- 
ter will  bear  favorable  comparison  with  the  previous 
history  of  the  meeting. 

On  Tuesday  afternoons,  at  4  o'clock,  the  New  York 


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Sunday-school  Association  holds  here  the  meetings  o( 
the  Sunday-school  Superintendents  Class  for  the 
study  of  the  lesson  and  consultation  about  their  work. 
All  Sunday-school  teachers  are  invited. 

On  the  second  Wednesday  of  each  month  the  So- 
ciety for  Promoting  the  Gospel  Among  Seamen  holds 
the  monthly  meeting  of  its  Board  of  Directors  in  the 
parlor. 


415 


(Tijr  3H)iity  =  fourtl)   ^tvrrt  Erfonmti 

307  West  34x11  Street. 

REV.  KENNETH  F.  JUNOR,  M.  D.,    No.   323   West   28th 
Street,  in  charge. 

Lav  Assistant,  Mr.  Joseph  McInnis. 


COMMITTEE  ON  CHURCH   WORK 


Mr.  Joseph  Goetsciiius, 
Mr.  Johannes  Alsdorf, 
Mr.  Andrew  Ferguson, 
Mr.  R.  S.  McNeill, 
Mr.  R.  H.  Robinson, 


Mr.  W'.m.  Scott, 
Mr.  A.  B.  Cleverly, 

M  K.   GlRAUD   ELSWORTH, 

Mr.  Wm.  Davie, 

M r.  John  Fulton,  Jr. 


ORGANIST, 

C  L 1  FFO  RD    D  E  M  A  R  EST. 

SEXTON, 
John  Cleverley,  406  West  29th  Street. 


Service 


C  UNDAY— At  10.45  A.  m.  Public  Worship,  w 

*— -^  innri 


ith  Ser- 


mon 


At  2.45  p.  M.    Teachers'  Prayer  Meeting. 
At  3.00  p.  m.  Bible  School. 


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At  7.15  p.  M.  Christian  Endeavor  Prayer 

Meeting. 
At  8.00  p.  M.    Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 

Monday  .  .  . — At  8.00  p.  m.    Literary  Society,  first  and 
third  Mondays. 
At  4.00  p.  m.   Junior  C.  E.  Society. 

Tuesday.  .  . — At  8.00  p.  m.  Gymnasium  and  Glee  Club. 

Wednesday — At  7.15  p.  m.  Teachers'  Bible  Study. 

At  8.00  p.  m.     Prayer  and  Praise  Meet- 
ing. 
At  9.00  p.  m.      C.  E.  Business  Meeting, 
second  Wednesday. 

Friday.  .  .  . —  At  8.00  p.  m.   Ladies'  Missionary  Circles, 
second  Friday. 
At  8.00  p.  m.    Teachers'  Business  Meet- 
ing, fourth  Friday. 

Circulating  Libraries  open  every  afternoon",  from  4.00 
P.  M.  till  5.00  p.  M.;  Penny  Provident  Association  at  the 
same  hour. 

The  Communion  is  celebrated  at  the  morning  ser- 
vice on  the  third  Sunday  of  March,  June,  September 
and  December. 

The  Communicants'  Prayer  Meeting  is  held  on  the 
Saturday  evening  previous  to  each  Communion.  New 
members  are  received  on  the  same  evening. 

The  work  of  the  Church  during  the  past  year  has 
been,  under  the  circumstances,  very  encouraging.  The 
congregation  has  steadily  grown  throughout  the  year, 
and  at  the  close  is  at  least  twenty-five  per  cent,  greater. 


417 

The  interest  of  all  in  the  success  of  the  work  has  per- 
ceptibly increased. 

The  prayer  meetings  in  particular  have  been  largely 
attended,  and  have  shown  a  deepening  interest. 

The  congregation  now  numbers  550  persons. 

The  work  of  organizing  and  visiting  the  people  by 
the  pastor  in  charge  has  involved  so  much  time  and  la- 
bor, that  no  attempt  at  outside  aggressive  work  could 
be  undertaken.  This  work  alone  has  involved  over 
seven  hundred  visits. 

Thirty-three  persons  have  been  received  into  full 
Communion  during  the  year. 


Bible  School. 

Officers  and  Teachers 41 

Scholars  on  roll 575 

Average  attendance   415 

OFFICERS. 

Superintendent,  Mr.   R.   H.  Robinson, 
Assistant  Superintendent, M.R.  C.  E.  Lawton. 
Treasurer,  Mr.  E.  A.  Wilkenson, 
Recording  Secretary,  Mr.  F.  H.  Zeuner. 
Corresponding  Secretary  ilk*.  J.  Fulton.  Jk. 
Librarian,  Mr.  J.   H.  CRAFT. 
Assistant  Librarian,  Mr.  M.  OhLSON. 


Mr.  Radiken, 

Mr.  C.  E.  Lawton, 

Mr.  R.  S.  McNeill, 


TEACHERS. 

Main  Department. 

Miss  J.  Swan, 
Miss  M.  Van>  1  . 
Miss  H.  Mason. 


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Mr.  A.  E.  Crockett, 
Mr.  Wm.  Davie, 
Mr.  Joseph  Goetchius, 
Mr.  Joseph  McInnis, 
Dr.  K.  F.  Junor, 
Miss  E.  Zeuner, 
Miss  E.  May, 
Miss  Vanderbilt, 
Miss  K.  Bale, 
Miss  Miles, 
Miss  Snapp, 


Miss  E.  Gonnerman, 

Miss  J.  Goetchius, 
Miss  E.  A.  Lloyd, 
Miss  M.  Fulton, 
Miss  M.  Coile, 
Mrs.  R.  S.  McNeill, 
Mrs.  M.  Bradley, 
Mrs.  R.  II.  Robinson, 
Miss  Miller, 
Miss  Ferguson, 
Miss  M.  T.  Vernol. 


Miss  C.  J.  Pryer, 
Mrs.   L.  Stewart, 


Primary  Department. 

Mrs.  J.  Cleverley, 
Miss  M.  Cleverley 

Miss  M.  Conley. 


The  Bible  Sehool  is  in  a  very  flourishing  condition 
and  steadily  growing;  the  accommodation  is  now  quite 
inadequate  to  its  needs.  Over  150  of  the  scholars  have 
to  be  accommodated  in  the  gallery  of  the  Church  and 
the  room  for  the  Bible  classes  is  entirely  insufficient. 

The  standing  of  the  scholars  in  the  school  is  deter- 
mined by  examinations  of  various  kinds,  which  encour- 
age faithfulness  and  earnestness. 

Amount  of  money  contributed  by  the  school,  $425. 
Of  this  $50  were  given  to  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
and  $50  to  the  Board  of  Domestic  Missions,  the  balance 
having  been  used  for  expenses  of  the  School. 


^  Visitors. 

Miss  E.  A.  Lloyd,  Miss  M.  Conley 

Mrs.  L.  Stewart. 


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Missionary   Circles. 

These  Circles  represent  all  the  missionary  work  and 
workers  in  the  Church,  for  all  the  Hoards  of  the  Church, 
and  constitute  the  Missionary  Society  of  the  Church. 

OFFICERS. 

President \  Mrs.   E.  J.    Bird. 
Vice-President,  \\\{^.   M.    BRADLEY. 
Treasurer,  MkS.  K.  F.  JUNOR.  % 

Secretary,  Miss  E.  A.  LLOYD. 

This  Society  has  done  a  great  deal  for  the  support  of 
Missionary  work  and  interest. 

A  Missionary  meeting  is  held  on  the  first  Wednes- 
day of  each  month. 

This  society  collects  its  funds  from  members  of  the 
congregation  who  are  first  gathered  into  circles  of  five, 
with  one  person  in  charge  of  a  circle;  or  when  this  can- 
not be  done,  individuals  are  interested. 

All  are  supplied  with  monthly  envelopes,  and,  there- 
fore, returns  are  collected  monthly.  Four  hundred  and 
twelve  dollars  twenty-one  cents  were  collected  during 
the  year  for  a  variety  of  missionary  purposes;  and,  in- 
asmuch as  it  was  its  first  year  of  work,  according  to  this 
method,  it  is  very  encouraging.  Forty-eight  dollars 
were  raised  from  individuals  for  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  destroyed  by  lire. 


Literary  Society. 

OFFICERS. 
President,  Dr.  K.  F.  Junok. 
First  \'ice-Presidcnt,^\\K.  D.  CoiLE, 
SWoud  Vice- President,  Miss  L.   BRADLEY. 


420 

Treasurer,  Miss  E.  A.  Lloyd. 
Recording  Secretary,  MlSS  Cora  Lee. 
Corresponding  Secretary ,  MlSS  A.  CoOPEK. 

Collector,  Miss  M.  Vance. 
Librarian,  MlSS  E.  A.   LLOVD. 

The  Society  has  met  regularly,  and  has  taken  its 
usual  part  in  the  congregational  work.  It  conducted  as 
usual  an  excursion  up  the  Hudson  to  lona  Island  dur- 
ing the  summer. 


Christian  Endeavor  Society. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  Mb..  R.  H.  Robinson. 
Vice-President,  Mr.  A.   B.  CLEVERLEY. 
Treasurer,  MlSS  M.   CoiLE. 
Corresponding  Secretary ,Mb.  A.  E.  Crockett. 
Recording  Secretary,  Miss  M.   EuLTON. 

This  Society  carries  on  a  Prayer  Meeting  on  Sunday 
evening.  Through  its  various  committees  it  visits  the 
sick  and  cares  for  the  young  people  of  the  Church. 

It  has  sixty-eight  active  members. 


Junior  Christian  Endeavor  Society* 

This  society  is  conducted  by  Miss  E.  A.  Lloyd,  Miss 
M.  Conley  and  Miss  Vance.  This  Society  contributed 
$25  to  assist  in  supplementing  the  salary  to  secure  a 
pastor  for  the  Huguenot  Church,  on  Staten  Island.  It 
lias  about  eighty  members. 


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Gymnasium  Association. 

OFFICERS. 

President,  Mr.  J.  A.   FERGUSON. 
First  Vice-F 'resident,  Mr.  H.  May. 
Treasurer,  Mr.  E.  A.  WlLKENSON. 
Secretary,  Mr.  Ciias.  May. 

This  Society  has  clung  together,  although  it  has  had 
no  place  to  meet,  and  can  have  none,  in  the  present 
Church  building- 


421 


Unox  Jftcmorial  (ttljaprl. 

514  Ninth  Avenue. 

REV.  WILLIAM  VAUGI1AN,  355  Western    Boulevard,  in 
charge. 

Sunday-school  Visitor,   Miss  May  WeSTERVELT,    322  West  45th 

Street. 


COMMITTEE  ON  CHURCH    WOk'E 


Mr.  Leins, 
Mr.  Kelly, 
Mr.  Backenstos, 
Mr.  W.  Smith, 


M  K.   KOEHLER, 

M  r.  North rup 

Mr.  II.  Smith, 
Mr.  Bauer. 


ORGANIST, 
Mr.  P.  R.  Richter. 

SEXTON, 

Mr.  Geo.  H.  Koch.  407  West  37th  Street. 


Services.  , 

CUNDAY— At  n  a.  M.    Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 
At  2.30  1*.  m.  Sunday-school. 
At  7.15  P.  m.     Young-    People's    Prayer 

Meeting. 


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At  7.45  p.  m.     Public  Worship,  with  Ser- 
mon. 
Tuesday.  .  .—At  8  p.  m.   Meeting  for  Young  Men  and 

Young  Women. 
Wednesday— At  7.45  P.  M.     Church  Prayer  Meeting. 

Quarterly  meeting  on  the  second  Thursday  evening 
of  January,  April,  July  and  October. 

Annual  meeting  on  the  second  Thursday  evening  of 
January. 

The  Committee  on  Church  Work  meet  on  the  first 
Friday  evening  of  each  month,  at  eight  o'clock. 

The  Communion  is  celebrated  at  the  evening  ser- 
vice on  the  fast  Lord's  Day  in  January,  April,  July  and 
October. 

*  Preparatory  service  on  the  Wednesday  evening  pre- 
ceding the  Communion. 

The  Sunday  School. 

Officers  and  Teachers '   33 

Scholars  " 1 ,283 

Average  attendance  for  the  year 858 

The  largest  attendance  at  any  session 1,081 

The  sessions  of  the  School  are  held  at  10  a.  m.  during 
July,  August  and  September,  and  2.30  P.  m.  during  the 
rest  of  the  year.  • 

When  lack  of  teachers  does  not  prevent,  the  scholars 
are  advanced,  according  to  their  age  and  ability,  from 
the  Infant  Classes  through  a  graded  course  to  the  Main 

♦The  Elders  meet  for  the  reception  ol   members  -it  etgtu  o*doct  on  each 

Thursday  evening  preceding  the  Communion. 


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Room;  and  at  the  ages  of  sixteen  and  seventeen — ages 
when  so  many  leave  the  Sunday  Schools — they  are, 
with  but  very  few  exceptions,  received  into  the  Bible 
Class,  and  from  here,  most  of  them,  if  not  already  com- 
municants, are  received  into  the  Church. 

The  text  book  is  the  Bible.  International  Lesson 
Leaflets  are  provided  merely  as  helps.  The  scholars 
learn  the  Books  of  the  Bible  in  their  order,  the  Ten 
Commandments,  the  Beatitudes,  the  Twenty-third 
Psalm,  Golden  Texts,  Memory  Verses,  the  Creed  and 
the  Heidelberg"  Catechism. 

The  hymns'  have  been  selected  with  great  care  from 
many  publications  and  printed  in  large  type  upon  charts, 
so  that  at  each  session  hymns  suited  to  the  lesson  are 
placed  in  a  position  where  all  can  unite  in  worship  and 
praise. 

Many  extra  sessions  are  held  for  practicing  new 
hymns.  And  one  who  listens  can  but  say  that  the 
scholars  are  proficient  in  singing. 

The  monthly  entertainments  and  the  July  excursion 
have  been  a  source  of  much  pleasure  and  benefit,  and 
have  also  been  made  a  means  for  faithfulness  in  attend- 
ance and  the  addition  of  new  names  to  the  roll. 

Because  of  lack  of  room  the  Main  School  and  the 
Bible  Class  held  their  Christmas  Festivals  on  different 
evenings.  The  Church  was  beautifully  decorated  and 
the  programmes  were  excellent  and  well  rendereM.  On 
both  occasions  every  available  space  was  occupied. 

The  April  "Social"  for  parents,  afforded  an  excellent 
opportunity  for  them  to  become  acquainted  with  the 
teachers,  and  had  the  effect  of  increasing  their  interest 
in  the  Church,  as  well  as  in  the  Sunday-school. 


The  poor  have  been  kindly  remembered  in  their  time 
of  need.  Friends  have  given  170  garments,  and  in 
rriany  cases  paid  rent,  furnished  food  and  coal. 

Individual  contribution  for  the  Fresh  Air  Work 
amounted  to  $120.00.  Four  hundred  and  fifty-three 
people  were  taken  on  Day  Excursions.  Seven  girls 
were  sent  into  the  country  for  two  weeks,  six  of  them 
by  the  Working  Girls'  Club,  and  one  by  the  Christian 
Herald  Fresh  Air  Work. 

The  contributions  of  the  Main  School  for  the  year 
are  as  follows: 

For  the  American  Sunday-school    Union $15. 00 

for  the  New  York  Bible  Society 15.00 

For  the  New  York  State  Sunday-school  Association...   35.00 
Toward  the  salary  of  the    Classical    Missionary.    South 

Dakota   7500 

For  the  support  of  a  scholar  in  China  40.00 

For  the  support  of  a  scholar  in  Hampton  Institute,  Vir- 
ginia       70.00 

The  Bible  Class,  taught  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  11. 
Knox,  having,  long  since,  outgrown  their  quarters  in 
the  Chapel,  now  meet  in  a  hall  on  the  corner  of  Thirty- 
sixth  Street  and  Ninth  Avenue. 

This  hall,  into  which  over  four  hundred  persons  may 
be  crowded,  is,  nearly  every  Sunday,  filled  to*overflow- 
mg.  ■ 

The  Class  now  numbers  ^~o,  with  an  average  a::er.j- 
ance  of  369. 

The  sick  are  visited,  the  poor  are  helped,  the  lost  are 
found,  and  all  are  cheered  and  encouraged  in  the  con- 
flict of  life. 


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OFFICERS. 


Superintendent ,  Mr,  Clark   Brooks. 
Assistant  Superintendent ,  Mr.   J.    C.    CALDWELL. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer ,  MlSS  F.  A.   ALLEN. 
Visitor,  Miss  May  Westervelt. 
Precentor,  Mr.  J.  G.   BELDER. 


TEACHERS. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Knox,  in  cha 
Mr.   Huntington,  in  charge 
Miss  J.  Laugiiland   as 
Miss  Wilson,  in  charge  of  t 
Miss  A.  Brandt, 
Miss  G.  Brandt, 
Miss  Brown, 
Miss  Dodd, 
Miss -Dayton, 
Miss  Ericson, 
Miss  Gallwitz, 
Miss  Hawley, 
Miss  Hermann, 
Miss  Hamje, 
Miss   Keeler, 
Miss  Van  Bensciioten, 
Miss  Van  Santvoord, 

Mr 


rge  of  the   Bible   Class, 
of  the  Intermediate  Class,  with 
Assistant, 
he  Infant  Class. 

Miss  Vetter, 

Mrs.  Van  Wyck, 

Miss  Van  Wvck, 

Miss  Westervelt, 

Mr.  Belder, 

A  Ik.   Caldwell, 

Mr.  Gebhard, 

Mr.  Giebelhouse, 

M  k.  MacCallum, 

Mr.  Miller. 

Mr.  Olcott, 

Mr.  S.m eaton, 

Mr.  Stanford, 
Wertz. 


The  Christian  Union.  » 

For  the  sake  of  greater  unity  and  more  effectual 
work,  a  society,  to  be  known  as  the  Knox  Memorial 
Christian  Union,  was   organized    in    December,   1895, 

and  work  began,  under  an  entirely  new  system,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year  1896. 


The  Union  has  three  branches:  The  first  represent- 
ing the  Congregational  and  Missionary  interests,  the 
second  the  work  of  the  Young  People,  and  the  third 
the  work  among' the  Children- 

The  work  of  each  branch  is  under  a  committee  of 
five,  and  all  committees  appointed  over  sub-branches 
serve  under  the  committee  of  the  branch. 

The  envelope  system  is  adopted  for  every  department, 
and  all  the  money  is  placed  in  the  Sunday  collection. 
Each  branch  or  sub-branch  is  credited  with  the  amount 
they  give,  in  the  collector's  book,  which  is  kept  in  the 
Church,  and  also  in  the  treasurer's  book. 

The  Committee  on  Church  Work,  composed  of  eight 
members,  act  as  an  Executive  Committee  of  the  So- 
ciety. To  this  committee  are  given  monthly  reports, 
through  the  branches,  of  all  the  work  done,  and  the 
substance  of  these  monthly  reports  go  to  make  up  the 
reports  for  the  quarterly  meetings  and  from  the  quar- 
terly reports  the  annual  reports  are  made. 

It  was  surprising  to  note  the  readiness  with  which  all 
the  members  took  hold  of  this  new  method. 

All  have  something  to  do,  and  there  has  been  unex- 
pected success  in  every  line,  "for  the  people  had  a  mind 
to  work." 

First  Branch. 


There  are  about  forty  members  who  contribute  reg- 
ularly for  Missions;  their  contributions  are  from'  five 
cents  to  one  dollar  per  month,  and,  for  the  year,  have 
amounted  to  $91.00.  A  special  collection,  and  amounts 
given  through  the  Second  and  Third  Branches  make 
the  offerings  for  Missions  $123.31. 


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Six  meetings  have  been  held  during  the  year  in  the 
interests  of  missions. 

The  King's  Daughters  meet  on  the  first  and  third 
Friday  evenings  of  each  month  to  prepare  garments  and 
other  articles  for  the  poor  of  the  neighborhood.  With 
the  garments  given  to  them  for  distribution  and  those 
made  by  themselves  they  have  given  out,  during  the 
year,  128  pieces.  They  have  collected  4,960  papers  and 
magazines  and  distributed  them  in  the  hospitals  and 
charitable  institutions  of  our  city- 

The  members  of  the  Prayer  Meeting  Committee 
have  prepared  a  list  of  all  the  members  of  the  Church 
and  have  endeavored,  not  only  to  become  acquainted 
with  the  members,  but  also  to  invite  and  welcome  them 
to  the  mid-week  meetings.  The  committee  take  turns 
in  reporting  the  attendance,  the  number  taking  part, 
etc.  For  the  first  time,  in  the  history  of  this  work,  the 
meetings  were  continued  through  the  summer  months, 
being  led,  during  the  pastor's  vacation,  by  some  of  the 
members.  The  average  attendance  has  been  about  50. 

The  Music  Committee,  finding  it  impossible  to  main- 
tain a  Boys'  Choir  without  giving  more  time  and  pa- 
tience than  was  at  its  command,  decided,  in  September, 
to  ask  the  young  people  to  unite  in  an  effort  to  form  an 
adult  choir.  The  request  met  witli  a  hearty  response, 
and  from  that  time  the  Church  has  had  a  good  and 
faithful  choir.  They  meet  on  Monday  and  •  Friday 
evenings  for  practice. 

COMMITTEES. 
'/'/ic  Branch. 
Mr.  Leins,  Mr.  Backenstos, 

Mr.  Kelly,  Mr.  H.  Smith, 

Mr.  Bernstein. 


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First  Sub-Branch — Missionary. 

Mrs.  Leins,  Miss  Vetter, 

Miss  K.  Backenstos,  Mrs.  E.  Smith, 

Miss  Nelson. 


Second  Sub- Branch — King's  Daughters. 

Mrs.  Laugiiland,  Mrs.  E.  Smith, 

Mrs.  Vaughan. 

Third  Sub-Branch — Prayer  Meeting. 

Mr.  Vaughan,  Mr.   Koeiiler, 

Mr.  North rup,  Mr.  Kelly, 

Mr.  Bauer,  Mr.  Bernstein, 

Mr.  Brown. 


Mr.  Vaughan, 
Mr.  Kelly, 


Fourth   Sub-  Branch — Music. 

Mr.   Leins, 
Mr.  H.  Smith, 
Mr.  Backenstos. 


Second  Branch. 

The  Young  People's  Christian  Endeavor  meeting  for 
prayer  and  praise  is  held  on  Sunday  evening  for  one- 
half  hour  before  the  Church  service.  The  meetings 
are  very  interesting,  and  many  have  here  taken  their 
first  lessons  preparatory  to  the  wider  ami  more  active 
serviee  in  the  regular  Church  meetings.  Each  mem- 
ber of  this  sub-branch  pays  six  cents  a  month  for  inci- 
dental expenses  and  two  cents  a  week  for  missions. 

The  Young  ^Ladies'  Circle  of  Cheerful  Workers  hold 
their  meetings  on  Tuesday  evenings.  1  hoy  have 
been  very  zealous  in  their  efforts  to  help  others,  as  well 
as  to  better  their  own  condition.     They  have  had  les- 


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sons  in  physical  culture,  short  lectures,  and  instruction 
in  table  setting-,  waiting,  and  clearing. 

They  have  made  fifty  comfort  bags  for  the  sailors  at 
the  Seaman's  Christian  Association. 

The  Library,  having  been  put  in  first-class  condi- 
tion, was  opened  on  February  12th  for  the  circulation  of 
books  and,  with  the  exception  of  September,  it  lias  been 
opened  every  Sunday  afternoon  at  four  o'clock  and 
every  Wednesday  evening-  after  the  prayer  meeting. 
Friends  have  contributed  83  new  books  during  the 
year.     There  are  now  in  the  library  455  volumes. 

The  number  of  calls  for  books  during  the  year  have 
been  802.  The  receipts,  from  fines,  catalogues,  etc, 
were  $12.18. 

The  lecture  room  and  a  very  small  Gymnasium  arc 
opened  for  the  young  men  of  the  Church  and  Sunday- 
school  on  Tuesday  and  Friday  evenings.  They  hold  a 
meeting  for  business  once  in  two  weeks;  the  other  even- 
ings are  spent  in  games  and  gymnastics.  There  arc 
about  twenty-five  members.  The  dues,  for  incidentals. 
are  ten  cents  a  month. 

COMMITTEES. 

The  Branch. 


Mr.  NoRTiiRur, 
Mr.  Koehler, 


"Mr.  Leins, 
Mr.  A.  Smith, 
Miss  J.  Laughi.and. 


First  Sub-Branch— Endeavorers, 


Miss  Nussbaumer, 
Miss  Weiland, 


Miss  B,  LaUGHI  1KD, 

Mr.  Luce, 

Mr.  Lindsay. 


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Second  Sub-Branch —  Young  Ladies. 

Miss  Westervelt,  Mr.  Leins, 

Mr.  Koehler. 

Third  Sub-Branch — Library . 

Mr.  Koeeler,  Miss  B.  Laughland. 

Fourth  Sub-Branch —  Young  Men. 
Mr.  Guest,  Mr.  A.  Smith, 

Mr.  W.  McEwen,  Mr.  Lindsay. 

Third  Branch. 

The  Junior  Endeavorers  meet  on  Sunday  evenings  at 
seven  o'clock  for  singing  hymns,  learning  Scripture 
and  receiving  Missionary  information.  That  they  have 
taken  an  interest  in  their  meetings  and  in  missions  is 
shown  from  the  fact  that  the  average  attendance  lias  in- 
creased from  thirty  to  sixty,  and  that  their  penny  con- 
tributions for  missions  have  amounted  to  $4  34, 

COMMITTEE. 
Miss  Westervelt,  Mr.   North rup, 

Mr.  W.  Smith,  Miss  L.  B.ukenstos, 

Miss  Vettkr. 


The  Industrial  School. 

The  School  meets  Saturday  mornings,  from  Novem- 
ber to  April.  There  has  been  a  noted  improvement 
since  the  adoption  of  a  graded  system. 

The  scholars  have  been  very  regular  in  their  attend- 
ance and  faithful  in  their  work.  There  are  on  the  roll 
19  officers  and  teachers,  188  scholars,  with  an  average 
attendance  of  158. 

There  are  51  names  upon  the  roll  of  honor. 


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OFFICERS. 

First  Directress ,  MlSS  H.  Taber, 
Second  Directress,  MlSS  E.   L.   Phyfe, 
Assistant  Directress,  MlSS  F.   A.  ALLEN, 

Secretary,  Miss  M.  L.  Monroe, 
Assistant  Secretary,  Miss  M.  Westervelt, 
Treasurer, Mrs.  C.  H.  Knox. 


TEACHERS. 


Mrs.  La  Velle, 
Miss  Van  Benschoten, 
Miss  A.  Smith, 
Miss  Burrell, 
Mrs.  Blackwell, 
Miss*  Whitlock, 


Miss  La  Velle, 
Miss  Smith, 
Miss  B.  Smith, 
Mrs.  M.  E.  Hills, 
Mrs.  Wvckoff, 
Miss  M.  Whitlock, 


Mrs.  Hills. 


The  Penny  Provident  Fiind. 

A  branch  of  the  Penny  Provident  Fund  was  opened 
in  December,  1892,  in  charge  of  Mr.  Edward  Brouwer. 
It  has  proven  a  continued  success,  as  the  report  will 
show.  Not  only  the  children,  but  also  parents,  through 
the  children,  are  learning  lessons  of  economy  by  this 
method  of  saving. 

Mr.  Brouwer  is  assisted  by  Miss  Annie  Brandt. 

The  bank  is  opened,  for  the  deposit  and  withdrawal 
of  money,  on  Tuesday  evenings.  • 

treasurer's  report. 

Amount  deposited  from  December  1st,  1892,  to  Janu- 
ary 1st,  1897 $1,265-31 

Total  amount  withdrawn  I.079-5' 


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Remaining  to  the  credit    of    depositors    on    January 
1st,  1897 $185.80 


Total  number  of  depositors  having  opened  accounts....  596 
Total  number  having  withdrawn  457 


Number-of  depositors  remaining  on  January  1st,  1897. .   139 

Edward  Brouwer, 
Treasurer. 


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'Fetmilije  iTljaprl 

416  West  54TH  Street. 


Superintendent. 

REV.  ARCHIBALD  H.  BR  ADS  HAW,  416  West  54th  St. 
Visitor,  Miss  Alicia  A.  Woodburn,  270  West  79th  Street 


UN  DAY- 


Monday 


Tuesday.  .  . 
Wednesday 


Services  and  Meetings. 

-At  9.30  a.  m.  Sunday-school. 
At  4.00  p.  m.     Brotherhood   of   Andrew 

and  Philip. 
At  7.15  P.  m.   Young-  People's  Society  of 

Christian  Endeavor. 
At  8.00  p.  m.    Gospel  Service. 
-At  4.00  P.  M.    Junior  Christian  Endeavor 
Society. 
At  7.30  P.  m.   First  in  every  month,  So- 
cial, Pastor's  Study. 
At  7.30  p.  m.  Junior  Girls'  Club.    ■ 
At  7.30  p.  m.     Men's  Club. 
At  7.30  p.  m.    Boys'  Club. 
Girls'  Club. 
Boys'  Club. 
Men's  Club. 


-At  7.30  p.  M. 
■At  7.30  p.  M. 
At  7.30 


M. 


Friday. 


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Thursday.  .—At  3.30  p.  m.    Mothers'  Meeting. 
At  7.30  p.  M.    Girls'  Club. 
At  7.30  P.  M.    Boys'  Club,  Literary. 
— At  7.30  p.  M.    Junior  Boys'  Club. 
At  7.30  p.  m.     Penny  Provident  Fund. 
At  8.00  p.  M.     Prayer  Meeting. 
At  8.00  p.  m.    Dr.  Frank  Dorsey's  Office 
Flour. 
. — At  10.30  A.  M.     Sewing-school. 
At  7.30  p.  m.     Boys'  Club. 
At  7.30  p.  m.     Men's  Club. 
At   7.30   p.    m.      Girls'    Club     (Literary 
Circle). 
Every  Day — At   9.00   a.    m.      Kindergarten,     except 
Saturday  and  Sunday. 
At  11.00  to  12.00  a.  m.  Miss  Woodburn's 

Office  Hour,  except  Friday. 
At  9.00  to  10.00  a.    M.      Pastor's    Office 
Hour. 


Saturday 


Report  of  the  Superintendent. 

The  work  has  grown  rapidly  during  the  past  year  in 
internal  life  as  well  as  in  numbers. 

The  Boys'  Club  has  had  its  most  prosperous  year, 
with  as  large  a  membership  as  could  be  accommodated, 
and  with  a  higher  spirit  of  fellowship  and  self-cultiva- 
tion, and  has  been  the  means  of  bringing  some  in  to  the 
religious  services.  The  Junior  Boys  Club  is  now  on 
a  firm  basis  and  doing  good  work,  through  the  efforts 
of  Mr.  Edward  Brouwer,  with  an  average  attendance 


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of  about  thirty-five.  All  boys  belong  to  Sunday- 
school.  The  Men's  Club  has  just  been  formed  with 
fifty  charter  members.  They  hope  soon  to  be  in  their 
own  rooms,  which  will  be  open  day  and  night  for  all 
club  purposes.  In  connection  with  this  organization 
there  will  be  debates,  musical  entertainments,  socials 
and  lectures. 

The  Girls'  Club  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  doing 
good  work  in  physical  development,  social  life,  and  lit- 
erary culture.  The  Junior  Girls'  Club  is  affording  en- 
tertainment as  well  as  an  uplifting  spirit  to  the  mem- 
bers. The  Penny  Provident  Fund  is  increasing  in  de- 
posits, but  is  not  yet  as  much  a  feature  of  the  chapel  life 
as  might  be  hoped.  The  Sewing-school  is  in  a  very  flour- 
ishing condition  with  more  scholars  and  teachers  than 
ever  before,  and  meeting  with  good  results.  More 
teachers  are  needed,  however,  as  the  classes  are  too 
large. 

The  Sunday-school  has  increased  during  the  year  in 
average  attendance,  seventy  over  against  forty-five  the 
year  before.  There  is  a  full  and  effective  staff  of  offi- 
cers and  teachers.  The  deportment  and  spirit  of  study 
is  higher  than  ever  before.     The  spiritual  tone  is  good. 

The  Brotherhood  of  Andrew  and  Philip  has  held  re- 
ligious services  every  Sunday  afternoon,  with  average 
attendance  of  about  twelve.  Eight  men  have  been  re- 
ceived into  the  Church  on  profession  of  faith.  A  '*>t>eial" 
has  been  held  in  the  pastor's  rooms  once  a  month.  Mr. 
Farr  did  much  to  make  this  work  a  sue, 

The  Mothers'  Meetings  have  an  average  attendance 
of  about  fifty.  They  do  much  to  lighten  the  burdens  of 
the  depressed,  and  give  them  the  Dread  ot  Life. 


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j  Prayer-meetings   on   Friday   evenings   are   well   at- 

*      tended,  averaging  about  seventy-five. 

-  The  Church  life  is  higher  spiritually  in  every  way. 
Collections  by  envelope  system  have  doubled,  interest 
and  enthusiasm  are  growing,  the  attendance  is  increas- 
ing and  is  generally  about  two  hundred.  Fifty-two 
I  new  members  have  been  received  into  the  Church — al- 
[  most  all  on  profession  of  their  faith.  The  choir  adds 
to  the  services  by  their  good  singing  and  leadership. 
Miss  Kerr  deserves  much  credit  for  work  in  its  devel- 
opment. 

There  have  been  no  deaths  of  communicants  during 
'        the  year.     Thirty-seven  have  been   baptized    and    five 
marriages  solemnized.     The  Kindergarten,  under  Miss 
Van  Wagenen  and  her  two  assistants,  is  doing  well  with 
about  forty  children. 
I  Good  and  faithful  work  has  been  done  by  the  Visi- 

tors, Miss  Woodburn,  Mrs.  Hubbard,  and  Mrs.    Kerr; 
J         Messrs.  Scholey  and  Potter,  of  Union  Seminary,  have 
helped  in  the  services  and  pastoral  work,  and  met  with 
success.     - 


Report  of  the  Visitor. 

During  the  year  there  have  been  many  calls  to  make, 
at  the  Chapel,  in  the  homes,  and  at  places  oi  business. 
These  aggregate  1,454,  while  at  the  office  of  the  •Visi- 
tor 1,163  persons  have  called. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Church  societies  and  other 
friends,  there  have  been  received  ll6  parcels  of  cloth- 
ing, containing  1,534  garments,  shoes,  etc.  Distributed, 
199  parcels,  containing  1,065    garments.     These    lu\e 


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gone  far  toward  clothing  children  for  day-school  and 
Sunday-school,  and  mothers  for  Church  and  Mothers' 
Meetings. 

By  means  of  special  donations  from  the  Society  for 
Christian  Work  and  from  other  sources,  several  fami- 
lies have  been  assisted  with  groceries,  coal,  shoes,  and 
clothing,  and  in  a  few  instances  rent  has  been  paid, 
the  money  for  these  purposes  amounting,  during  the 
year,  to  $381.94. 

Monthly  sums  besides,  from  the  Society  for  Chris- 
tian Work,  amounted  to  $158.36,  from  the  Relief  So- 
ciety of  the  Seventy-seventh  Street  Church  to  $150,  and 
from  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Society  of  the  Forty-eighth 
Street  Church  to  $120,  making  a  total  of  $428.36. 

Donations  at  Thanksgiving  amounted  to  $42,  and  at 
Christmas  to  $15.  From  one  gentleman,  a  worshipper 
at  the  Forty-eighth  Street  Church,  donations  at  differ- 
ent times  amounted  to  $20,  and  miscellaneous  gifts 
during  the  year  amounted  to  $25. 

Besides  this  a  Fresh  Air  Fund  was  raised,  whereby 
140  children  and  28  girls  and  women  were  sent  to  the 
country  for  one  or  two  weeks  each,  and  three  day  ex- 
cursions were  given.  One  very  pleasant  event  of  the 
summer  was  a  barge  party  to  Bath  Beach,  L.  I.  An 
early  start  was  made  from  the  foot  of  Fifty-second 
Street,  and  a  long,  delightful  June  day  was  spent  on  the 
water  and  at  a  beautiful  grove.  The  barge  was  not 
crowded,  and  everything  was  done  to  make  the  trip  a 
delightful  one  for  old  and  young. 

The  sick  children  have  been  tenderly  cared  for  by 
Miss  Robinson,  visiting  nurse  for  St.  John's  Guild. 
Miss  Robinson  has  brought  untold  comfort  into   many 


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homes,  providing-  medicine  and  little  delicacies  for  the 
•sick  children,  giving  advice  to  the  mothers,  and  inviting 
them  to  services. 

The  influence  and  work  of  Mrs.  E.  A.  Kerr  have 
been  felt  throughout  the  year,  especially  in  the  primary 
department  of  the  Sunday-school. 

The  absentees  from  the  main  room  of  the  Sunday- 
school  have  been  faithfully  visited,  and  in  many  cases 
clothed  by  Mrs.  L.  S.  Hubbard,  who  has  also  assisted 
in  the  Mothers'  Meetings. 


The  Sunday-School. 

Supported  and  Conducted   by   the    Church    Society   of  the    Collegiate 
Church  at    West  End  Avenue  and    Seventy- seventh    Street. 

Officers  and  Teachers 4^ 

Scholars  on  roll 640  . 

Average  attendance • 350 

The  School  has  been  open  every  Sunday  during  the 
year.  For"  comparison  the  average  attendance  for 
the  preceding  year  is  also  given:  for  1805,  282; 
for  1894,  217— a  remarkable  and  gratifying  in- 
crease- Excluding  the  summer  months,  when  a  large 
number  of  scholars  were  in  the  country  enjoying  the 
benefits  of  the  Fresh  Air  Fund,  the  average  is  400;  the 
highest  single  session  showing  ^45  present. 

The  courses  of  instruction  in  both  primary  and  main 
schools  have^been  broadened  and  systematized,  the 
scholars  are  encouraged  and  advised  to  use  the  Bible 
text  rather  than  "Lesson  Leaves."  and  to  commit  to 
memory  prayers  and  other  exercises  for  general  use  in 


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the  school  and  at  their  homes.     Additional  work  in  this 
direction  is  to  be  undertaken  for  1897. 

The  school  needs  special  instruction  in  music.  The 
general  work  is  seriously  handicapped  by  the  lack  of 
seats;  much  additional  space  and  great  improvement  in 
the  government  of  the  school  can  be  made,  when  proper 
seats,  adapted  to  the  regular  Chapel  services  as  well  as 
the  Sunday-school  and  Industrial  Classes,  are  secured 
to  replace  the  chairs  now  in  use. 

The  scholars  have  given  considerable  attention  to  Mis- 
sions, and  have  been  particularly  interested  in  the  In- 
dian work  of  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee  of 
Domestic  Missions  of  the  Reformed  Church  in  Amer- 
ica, and  the  Hampton  Institute.  The  following  appro- 
priations have  been  made  from  the  contributions: 

Woman's  Executive  Committee   $30.00 

American  Sunday  School  Union 20.00 

.  Hampton  N.  and  A.  Institute  30.00 

Burnham  Farm  School   20.00 

The  Church  at  Moreoka,  Japan 25.00 

The  improvements  suggested  in  the  last  Annual  Re- 
port for  the  library  have  been  carried  out  as  far  as  prac- 
ticable for  the  present,  and  the  circulation  of  books  and 
magazines  has  been  more  than  doubled.  It  is  hoped 
the  use  of  the  library  will  become  more  general,  and 
that  some  assistance  and  direction  in  choice  of  books 
can  be  given. 

The  Easter  and  Christmas  festivals  showed  that  the 
classes  had  had  careful  instruction  in  the  lesson  work 
and  in  deportment-  The  exercises  were  thoroughly 
enjoyed  by  all.  It  was  necessary  to  divide  the  school 
at  Christmas.     The  primary  school  met   in  the  alter- 


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noon,  and  the  main  school  and  friends  in  the  evening. 
Six  hundred  children  and  over  one  hundred  adults  at- 
tended. A  cordial  welcome  awaits  visitors  and  helpers 
in  all  departments. 

OFFICERS. 

Superintendent,  Ernest  H.  Lines,  M.D. 
Assistant  Superintendent,  Hubert  How'SON. 
Secretary,  John  UNGERER. 
Treasurer,^.  Forsyth  Little,  Jr. 
Librarian,  Wm.    G.   Ver   Planck. 

j  Wm.  Harriman. 
Assistant  Librarians,  -j  Al£X     Ungerer< 

Pianist,  MlSS  Kerr. 

Primary  Department. 

I  E.  H.  Dodd. 

/  Assistant  Superintendents,  <   ai         Kerr 

Secretary    MlSS  H.  P.  Dodd. 
Pianist,  MlSS    TlIIERBACU. 

TEACHERS. 


Bible  Classes 

Mrs.  R.  F.  Little. 
Miss  C.  de  M.  Briggs, 
Mr.  Scholey, 
Miss  Boyd, 
Miss  Stone, 
Miss  Kirr, 
Miss  Liptincott, 
Miss  Bradshaw, 
Miss  Romans,, 
Miss  Tiiorburn, 
Miss  H.  Tiiorburn, 
Mrs.  Mears, 


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Rev.   Mr.  Bradshaw. 

Mr.    R.    lr.    Little. 
Mrs.  Scrymser, 
Mr.  Harmon  Potter, 
Mr.  McLanahan, 
Mr.  R.  F.  Little,  Jr.. 
Mrs.  Artz, 
Miss  Burr, 
Miss  Little, 
Miss  Woodburn, 
Mrs.  Hubbard, 
Miss   Andel, 
Miss  TBSSEYMAN, 
Mrs.  JaROINE, 


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Miss  Smith, 
Miss  M.  Smith, 
Miss  Gedney, 
Miss  Goodwin, 
Mrs.  W.  Holt, 


Miss  Dlyo, 
Miss  Nicoll, 
Miss  Langdon, 
Miss  Ward, 
Mrs.  T.  S.  Holt. 


The  Boys   Club. 

The  Boys'  Club  has  completed  its  eleventh  year,  and 
is  in  excellent  condition,  as  the  result  of  the  faithful 
work  of  its  superintendent,  Mr.  Edward  Brouwer,  and 
his  assistant,  Mr.  Francis  W.  Glen,  Jr.  After  a  year 
and  a  half  of  supervision  of  the  club  Mr.  Brouwer  re- 
signed, and  on  December  1st  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Wm.  H.  Brokaw.  The  Committee  feel  assured  that 
through  Mr.  Brouwer's  devoted  and  self-denying  labors 
the  organization  of  the  club  has  been  improved,  its  use- 
fulness increased,  and  an  esprit  Je  corps  developed. 

Throughout  the  year  an  efficient  instructor  has  di- 
rected the  exercises  in  gymnastics  one  or  two  evenings 
of  each  week,  the  results  of  which  are  evident  in  the 
physical  development  of  the  boys,  and  in  the  skill  at- 
tained in  in-door  athletic  games-  The  basket-hall 
team  has  upneld  the  name  of  the  club  in  a  most  credit- 
able manner,  winning  several  victories  from  teams  com- 
posed of  much  older  and  heavier  men.  During  the 
summer  a  base-ball  nine  played  various  games  and  ac- 
quitted itself  well.  To  encourage  systematic  use  ^i  the 
gymnastic  apparatus,  and  avoid  that  spasmodic  exer- 
cise which  rs  often  injurious,  prizes  have"  been  offered 
by  Mr.  Brouwer,  to  be  awarded  in  the  Spring. 

During  the  summer  the    club    was    open    but    three 


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nights  each  week,  instead  of  six,  with  a  better  average 
attendance  as  a  result.  At  the  present  time  the  Senior 
Boys'  Club  has  four  evenings,  on  three  of  which  the 
gymnasium  is  open,  while  on  the  fourth  the  girls  use 
the  gymnasium,  and  the  boys  read  and  play  games  in 
their  club-rooms. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  club  life  at  the  Chapel 
last  winter  was  a  series  of  social  meetings,  inaugurate  1 
and  conducted  by  Miss  Anna  P.Paret,at  which  ten  boys 
and  ten  girls,  members  of  the  clubs,  were  present  and 
were  entertained  with  games,  music,  and  refreshments. 
These  gatherings  were  continued  until  most  of  the  older 
girls  and  boys  had,  in  turn,  been  present  at  one  of  the 
meetings,  and  they  were  voted  a  decided  success  by  all 
who  attended  them. 

The  club  records  indicate  the  transient  character  of 
the  membership,  as  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  during  the 
past  year  about  three  hundred  new  members  were  re- 
ceived, the  greater  number  of  whom  attended  but  for  a 
month  or  two.  The  majority  of  regular  attendants, 
however,  have  been  in  the  club  for  several  years,  and 
their  steady  development  in  manliness  and  strength  of 
character  is  noteworthy,  and  constitutes  a  valuable  evi- 
dence of  the  usefulness  of  the  club.  In  addition,  it 
should  be  considered  a  matter  of  no  small  moment, 
that  even  for  only  a  few  evenings,  boys  are  kept  from 
the  numerous  temptations  of  the  street  and  the  saloons, 
and  brought  under  influences  that  are  kindly  and 
healthful. 

The  statistical  report  shows  a  satisfactory  gain  In 
the  work  of  the  clubs  as  compared  with  that  o\  the  J  car 
preceding. 


Boys'  Club,  Senior — 

1895.     1896. 

Total  attendance  8, 1 46      9.554 

Average  attendance  32          43 

Total  number  using  gymnasium 4,235       7,303 

Average  number  using  gymnasium  35           43 

Total  number  of  games  used 1,049 

Average  number  of  games  used  16 

Total  amount  dues  paid $162.61  $185.60 

Boys'  Club,  Junior— 

Total   attendance,  two-and-a-half  months.  .  301 

Average  attendance, two-and-a-half  months.  a 

Total  amount  dues  paid  $4*72 


The  Girls   Club. 

The  Girls'  Club  is  under  the  management  of  the 
Ladies'  Sewing  Circle  of  the  Forty-eighth  Street 
Church,  in  whose  report  a  general  description'  of  t he- 
work  maybe  found.  The  Club  is  divided  into  two  sec- 
tions, a  Senior  and  Junior,  which  meet  on  different 
evenings  of  the  week,  the  Junior  on  Mondays,  the 
Senior  on  Tuesdays,  Thursdays,  and  Saturdays.  The 
statistics  of  the  Club  are  as  follows: 

1S05.     poS. 
Senior — 

Total  attendance   1,9"      M*9 

Average  attendance   23 

Junior —  * 

Total  attendance  1.098       1,078 

Average  attendance -5  II 

Total  dues,  Senior  and  Junior |6j  55     £(wS  >.; 


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The  Sew  in?  School. 


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The  Sewing  School  has  met  every  Saturday  morning 
from  the  first  of  November  to  the  last  of  April,  from 
10.30  o'clock.  Last  autumn  there  was  a  great  increase 
in  the  number  of  children,  the  largest  attendance  being 
171,  against  140  of  the  previous  year.  In  response 
to  Dr.  Coe's  appeal,  more  teachers  have  come  to  the 
school,  and  a  sum  of  money  has  been  received  which 
pays  for  six  teachers  for  the  year  and  is  of  great  as- 
sistance in  the  work.  Owing  to  this  aid,  and  to  the 
co-operation  of  the  Collegiate  Church, at  West  End  ave- 
nue and  Seventy-seventh  street,  the  order  and  work  of 
the  school  have  been  improved.  The  average  attend- 
ance of  children  from  January,  1896,  to  January,  1897, 
was  130;  the  average  attendance  of  teachers.  18. 
Through  the  kindness  of  friends,  Easter  cards  were 
distributed  the  Saturday  before  Easter,  and  a  piano  was 
given  the  school.  At  the  closing  exercises  in  April, 
addresses  were  made  by  Dr.  Coe  and  Mr.  Cobb;  forty- 
one  plants  for  attendance,  and  seven  prizes  for  excel- 
lence in  sewing,  were  given,  and  ice-cream  and  cake 
were  served  to  the  children.  The  Saturday  after  Christ- 
mas an  entertainment  was  given  to  the  children,  the 
money  being  raised  by  some  of  the  teachers.  The  So- 
ciety for  Christian  Work  allows  the  school  the  sum  of 
$25  for  its  running  expenses.  It  has  been  necessar)  to 
supplement  this  by  gifts  from  the  teachers,  consisting 
of  donations  of  muslin,  books,  thimbles,  etc..  and  dur- 
ing January  and  February,  1890,  a  piano  was  hired  by 
the  teachers  until,  as  stated,  one  was  given  to  the  school 


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by  a  friend.  Mrs.  L.  H.  Beers,  who  was  Second  Direc- 
tress during  part  of  the  year,  was  obliged  to  resign  last 
autumn,  and  her  place  was  taken  by  Mrs.  H.  R. 
Chambers. 

OFFICERS. 

First  Directress,  Miss    Briggs. 

Second  Directress,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Chambers. 

Third  Directress,  Miss   Belloni. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.    ClIARl.KS   Nelson    Dodge. 

Secretary,  MlSS   L.ANGDON. 

TEACHERS. 

Mrs.  C.  N.  Dodge,  Miss  Bradsiiaw, 

Miss  Briggs,  Miss  Romaine, 

Miss  C.  de  M.  Briggs,  Miss  Oakley, 

Miss  Leeand,  Miss  M.  Oakley, 

Miss  Kipp,  Miss  Taylor, 

Miss  E.  Kipp,  Miss  Snyder, 

Miss  Belloni,  Miss  Kelso, 

Miss  Noyes,  Miss  Eckhoff, 

Miss  Nicoll,  Miss  Christ  man, 

Miss  Stone,  Miss  Carrie  CliRISTMAN, 
Miss  Helen  Van  Kleeck,      Miss  Johnson, 

Miss  Von  Auw,  Miss  Helms. 


The  Christian  Endeavor  Society* 

The  Senior  Society  has  an   active   membership   of 

fifty-one,  with  an  attendance  averaging  about  one  hun- 
dred in  winter,  and  never  falling  below  forty  in  sum- 
mer. The  meetings  are  led  and  taken  pail  in  by  the 
.  members  themselves-  They  have  a  sociable  once  a 
month,  furnishing  their  own  refreshments  and  enter- 
tainment. Many  of  the  members  are  actively  engage  i 
in  other  departments  of  the  Chapel  work.  Twelve  have 
joined  the  church. 


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The  Junior  Society  has  been  very  successful,  with 
one  hundred  members  and  an  average  attendance  of 
seventy.  Members  of  the  Senior  Society  assist  ably  in 
the  management  of  its  affairs. 


The  Mothers  Meetings. 

A  Mothers'  Meeting  is  held  every  Thursday  after- 
noon, being  continued  through  the  summer,  and  is  a 
source  of  rest  and  comfort  to  many  a  tired,  discouraged 
woman.  During  the  past  year  they  have  been  con- 
ducted by  Mrs.  Rogers,  Miss  Olcott,  Mrs-  Lockwood 
and  Miss  Woodburn.  In  May  last  Mrs.  Rogers  was 
called  to  the  fuller,  richer  life  beyond,  leaving  a  blessed 
memory  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  were  wont  to  gather 
around  her  to  hear  her  helpful  words  and  receive  her 
greeting. 

The  -Fresh  Air"  Work. 

The  Forty-eighth  Street  and  Seventy-seventh  Street 
churches  shared  equally  the  expense  and  direction  of 
this  work,  sending  140  children  and  28  girls  and  women 
to  the  country  for  one  or  two  weeks  each,  and  besides 
giving  three  day  excursions.  The  children  went  to  the 
Fresh  Air  Home,  at  Nyack,  N.  Y.,  where  they  derived 
much  benefit,  both  physical  and  spiritual.  t 

The  Penny  Provident  Fund. 

The  Penny  Provident  Fund,  under  the  care  of  Mr. 
Wm.  E.  Lawton,  has  shown  itself  of  value,  and  is  capa- 
ble of  more  extended  influence  for  good. 


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Amount  on  deposit,  Nov.  i,  1896 $25.00 

Amount  deposited,  Nov.,  Dec,  1896,  and  Jan.  1897 37.51 

$62.51 
Amount  withdrawn  during  Nov.,  Dec.,   1896,  and  Jan., 

,       1897 34  50 

Amount  remaining  to  credit  of  depositors,  Jan.  31,  1897..  28.01 
Total  number  of  depositors,  Jan.  31,  1807 52 


+ 


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<btf\n  Insfifufions 

fflollegiatr  g>rijool. 

Founded  1633. 
241-243  West  jjik  Street. 


TRUSTEES. 

Chairman,  Henry  \V.  Bookstaver. 
Gerard  Beekman,  Robert  Schell, 

William  P.  Glenney,  Lucius  H.  Beers, 

Ralph  N.  Perlee,  F.  R.  Hutton,  Secretary. 

'T^HE  Dutch  Church  has  always  fostered  learning. 
The  Synod  of  Dort  urged  the  institution  of 
Schools  "not  only  in  cities,  but  also  in  towns  and  coun- 
try places  where  heretofore  none  have  existed,"  and 
that  "the  Christian  Magistracy  should  be  requested 
that  well  qualified  persons  may  be  employed  and  en- 
abled to  devote  themselves  to  the  service;  and  espe- 
cially that  the  children  of  the  poor  may  be  gratuitously 
instructed,  and  not  be  excluded  from  the  benefit  of  the 
Schools."  Thus  Holland  became  the  pioneer  of  free 
schools  for  those  needing  them.  In  this  spirit  the  first 
emigrants  to  new  Amsterdam  founded  this  School  in 


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1633,  soon  after  the  Church  was  organized.  And  it 
has  been  continued  ever  since  in  various  places  as  the 
needs  of  the  Church  and  the  trends  of  population  re- 
quired. On  the  15th  of  June,  1892,  it  was  removed 
from  242  West  74th  street  to  the  new  School  building, 
241  and  243  West  77th  street,  which  was  especially  de- 
signed and  built  for  the  School  and  to  provide  it  with 
all  modern  appliances. 

It  has  direct  light  and  air  on  all  sides.  The  class- 
rooms are  large,  with  every  detail  of  ventilation,  heat- 
ing and  sanitary  arrangement  carefully  planned.  It  is 
used  for  School  purposes  only,  the  boilers  for  steam 
heating  and  janitor's  rooms  being  in  another  building. 

The  Chapel  is  immediately  adjoining  the  School 
House,  so  that  it  can  be  reached  without  going  out  of 
doors.  The  whole  School  assembles  in  the  Chapel  for 
Morning  Prayers,  which  occupy  from  fifteen  to  twenty 
minutes,  and  are  regulated  by  a  carefully  prepared 
Service  Book,  embracing  responsive  readings  from 
the  Psalter,  Scripture  Lessons  so  arranged  as  to  cover 
the  History  and  Prophecy  in  the  Old  Testament  and 
the  fulfillment  of  prophecy  in  the  New  Testament, 
"the  Creed,"  prayers  and  a  few  well-selected  Latin 
Llymns.  This  Service  Book  was  introduced  some  years 
since,  and  has  met  with  unqualified  approval  from 
scholars  and  masters  of  other  schools,  some  of  whom 
contemplate  introducing  it  in  their  schools. 

In  the  basement  of  the  School  building  are  a  lunch- 
room and  a  large  drill-room  and  play-room,  and  ad- 
joining them 'is  a  sunny,  asphalted  yard  (40x80  feet)  for 
outdoor  exercise  and  drill. 

A  spacious  gymnasium  at    the    top    of   the    School- 


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house,  with  lockers,  bath  and   shower   bath,  lias   been 
fitted  with  the  latest  and  most  approved  apparatus. 

Physical  work  under  a  trained  teacher  is  a  part  of 
the  routine.  A  private  field  in  good  order  and  fitted 
for  all  kinds  of  outdoor  exercise  is  provided  near  the 
School  building. 

The  design  of  the  Trustees  is  to  give  thorough  and 
well  ordered  instruction  under  Christian  influences 
Instruction  in  the  Bible  by  Rev.  Henry  Evertson  Cobb, 
Minister  in  charge  of  the  Church  at  West  End  avenue 
and  Seventy-seventh  street,  is  regularly  given  as  a  part 
of  the  course  of  study. 

The  Senior  Department  offers  a  four  years'  course, 
embracing -the  requirements  for  admission  to  any  col- 
lege or  scientific  school.  Also  a  course  for  those  not 
desiring  collegiate  preparation,  with  French  and  Ger- 
man in  place  of  Latin  and  Greek. 

The  Instruction  includes  Latin,  Greek,  Arithmetic, 
Algebra,  Geometry,  Trigonometry,  Physical  Geogra- 
phy, Ancient  and  Modern  History,  Physics,  Chemis- 
try, English  Literature,  French,  German,  Drawing, 
Penmanship,  Composition  ami  Declamation. 

The  Middle  Department  gives  careful  training  in 
the  Elementary  English  branches,  with  the  addition  oi 
English  and  American  History,  Natural  History, 
Botany,  Physiology,  French  or  German,  Latin,  Draw- 
ing, Penmanship,  Declamation  and  Composition,  f\vith 
exercises  in  Dictation.  Thorough  drill  in  Arithmetic. 
Throughout  the  School  the  best  American  and  Eng- 
lish authors  are  read  and  studied. 

The  Primary  Department  is    under   the    charge    ol 
teachers   specially    educated    for    elementary    work. 


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Children  of  six  years  of  age  are  received.  Particular 
attention  is  given  to  the  first  principles  of  Penmanship 
and  Drawing. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Board  to  supplement  the 
instruction  given  in  course,  by  lectures  by  competent 
and  well-known  instructors. 

Twice  a  week  for  forty-five  minutes  there  is  a  Mili- 
tary Drill,  under  the  direction  of  an  officer  of  the 
National  Guard,  State  of  New  York.  The  hours  have 
been  so  arranged  that  no  lessons  are  interfered  with. 
It  is  the  intention  to  make  Military  Drill  a  feature  of  the 
School,  but  not  to  dominate  other  exercises. 

All  interested  in  the  vital  question  of  education  are 
invited  "to  visit  the  School  during  working  hours.  It  is 
the  intention  of  the  Trustees  to  make  the  School  one  ut 
the  educational  centres  of  this  city. 

The  School-house  can  be  easily  reached  by  the  Ele- 
vated Road  (Seventy-second  Street  Station),  and  by 
any  of  the  West  Side  surface  cars- 

INSTRUCTORS. 

L.  C.  Mygatt,  B.  A.,  L.  H.  D.,  Head  Master. 
Charles  S.  Johnson,  B.  A.     Miss  Martha  A.  CuutY. 
Rev.  Henry  Evertson  Cobb,  Miss  Esther  C.  M.  Shele. 

B.  A.  Miss  M.  C.  Ricuamot. 

William  W.  Fisher,  B.  A.      Miss  Isabel  Scuddi  k. 
Frederick    E.     Farkington,  Summer  Salter,  (Muj 

B.  A.  Justin  M.  Waugh,  b  V\ 

Charles  Sueur.  (Gymnastics). 

Charles  H.  Willmarth,  B.  S. 


4.-.T 


burial  place  for  tbc  Clercn?. 

In  view  of  the  probable  removal  of  the  Marble  Ceme- 
tery in  Second  street,  the  vault  belonging  to  the  Col- 
legiate Church,  which  for  many  years  past  has  been  set 
apart  for  the  interment  of  the  remains  of  the  ministers 
and  their  families,  will  no  longer  be  used.  The  Church 
affords  ample  facilities  for  this  purpose  in  it.s  vaults  in 
Greenwood  Cemetery- 

JBurtal  place  for  the  fl>oor. 

The  Collegiate  Church  provides  for  the  free  inter- 
ment of  its  poor  in  the  Church  vaults  in  Greenwood 
Cemetery.  Orders  for  this  purpose  are  given  in  all 
proper  cases  through  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Collegiate  cfourcb  jfree  Befc  in  perpetuity  In 
tbe  Presbyterian  toospital. 

The  offerings  of  the  congregations  on  Hospital  Sun- 
day, when  not  otherwise  specified,  were  for  several 
years  applied  to  the  purchase  of  a  free  bed  in  perpet- 
uity in  the  above  institution.  This  object  having  been 
accomplished  in  1882,  the  offerings  since  then  have 
been  turned  into  the  general  fund  of  the  Hospital  Sal 
urday  and  Sunday  Committee.  The  privileges  ^\  this 
free  bed  are  granted  through  the  Board  of  Deacotte. 


£be  Ministers'  Xibrarv. 

The  Ministers'  Library  is  kept  in  a  room  set  apart 

for  it  in  the  Church  at  Fifth  Avenue  and  Fort)   eighth 


4.',  4 


Street.  It  contains  at  present  upwards  of  thirteen 
hundred  and  fifty  volumes  and  about  five  hundred 
pamphlets.  It  has  been  largely  increased  by  a  dona- 
tion of  nearly  three  hundred  volumes  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  pamphlets  from  the  library  of  the  late  l)r.  Cham- 
bers. It  is  designed  as  a  reference  library  for  the  use 
of  the  ministers,  and  as  a  place  for  the  deposit  and  safe- 
keeping of  books,  pamphlets,  and  manuscripts  relating 
to  the  early  history  of  the  Church  and  of  the  city.  The 
Consistory  are  glad  to  receive  and  care  for  any  material 
of  this  kind  which  may  be  entrusted  to  them,  and  there 
is,  perhaps,  no  more  suitable  place  for  its  preservation 
than  the  library  of  this  historic  Church. 


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APPENDIX 


I.     The  Rev.  Thomas  DeWitt,  I).  I). 
II.     Bi-Centenary  of  the   Charter. 

III.  Memoriae  Windows  in  the  Middle  Church  : 

I.  For  Rev.  Talbot  W.  Chambers,  S.  T.  \). 
II.  For  Mr.  and   Mrs.  Edwin    Hyde. 

IV.  Memoriae  Tributes: 

I.   Mr.  John  Graham. 
II.  Mr.  Ebenezer   Monroe. 
III.  Mr.  Peter  Roome  Warner. 
V.     Peter  Minuit. 
VI.     Krankenbezoekers. 


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Kijomas  2Dc  mitt,  29.  D 


1827— 1874. 

"THE  name  De  Witt,  which  had  long  been  eminent  in 
the  history  of  the  Netherlands,  was  brought  to 
this  country  by  a  branch  of  the  family  which  emigrated 
to  New  York  in  1656.  Their  descendants  lor  several 
generations  lived  near  Kingston,  in  this  State,  and  there 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born,  September  13th, 
1791.  His  father,  whose  name  he  received,  took  part 
with  the  American  forces  in  Canada  in  the  war  between 
the  French  and  the  English,  and  at  the  beginning  of 
the  conflict  between  the  colonies  and  the  mother  coun- 
try he  entered  the  Continental  service,  soon  obtained 
a  commission  as  captain,  and  did  not  lay  down  his  arms 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  In  1782  he  married  Miss 
Elsie  Hasbrouck,  a  descendant  of  a  Huguenot  family, 
which  had  come  to  this  country  about  the  middle  of  the 
preceding  century. 

The  fifth  and  youngest  child  of  his  parents.  Thomas 
De  Witt,  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Kingston 
Academy,  where  he  was  noted  for  his  studious  habits 
and  his  unusual  conscientiousness.  He  entered  the 
Sophomore  class  at  Union  College  in  May,  1806,  and 
was  graduated  with  the  Latin  Salutatory  in  July,  iv  3 
Soon  afterwards  lie  dedicated  his  life  to  the    Saviour. 


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and  determined  to  enter  the  ministry.  He  passed  the 
next  year  in  the  study  of  theology  with  Rev.  Dr.  Brod- 
head,  at  Rhinebeck,  and  the  year  following  with  Dr. 
Froeligh,  of  Schraalenberg,  N.  J.,  the  Synod's  Profes- 
sor of  Theology.  On  the  establishment  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  the  Dutch  Church  at  New  Bruns- 
wick, he  became  one  of  the  first  class  in  that  institution, 
and,  after  two  years,  was  graduated,  with  one  other 
student,  in  June,  1812,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Synod  of  New  Brunswick.  On  the  24th  of  No- 
vember, in  the  same  year,  he  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled as  pastor  of  the  united  congregations  of  Hope- 
well and  New  Hackensack,  in  Dutchess  County.  He 
served  these  two  churches  until  1825,  when  the  connec- 
tion between  them  was  dissolved,  and  he  remained  pas- 
tor of  the  church  at  Hopewell  alone.  His  intellectual 
attainments  at  this  time  are  sufficiently  indicated  by  the 
fact  that  in  1817,  and  again  in  1818,  he  was  invited  to 
become  Professor  of  Biblical  Literature  and  Ecdes 
tical  History  in  Rutgers  College.  In  1S27  he  was 
called  to  be  one  of  the  ministers  of  the  Collegiate 
Church  of  New  York,  and  was  installed  on  the  1 6th  of 
September  in  that  year.  He  held  this  position  until  his 
death,  nearly  forty-seven  years  later. 

Dr.  De  Witt  was  a  man  of  large  frame,  robust  con- 
stitution, and  dignified  and  impressive  appearance. 
Often  absorbed  in  thought  and  unobservant  of  that 
which  was  taking  place  around  him,  he  was.  neverthe- 
less, a  man  of  warm  heart  and  kindly  feeling,  and  won, 
in  a  high  degree,  both  the  respect  and  affection  ol 
those  who  knew  him.  "The  prevailing  feature  of  his 
character,"  says  Dr.  Chambers,  "was  a  guileless  sinv 


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plicity,  which  never  varied,  from  his  extreme  youth 
even  to  old  age."  Unworldly,  unselfish,  and  absolutely 
sincere,  he  was  at  the  same  time  characterized  by  great 
vigor  of  mind  and  soundness  of  judgment.  During  his 
long  ministry  in  New  York,  he  was  one  of  the  most 
noted  preachers  and  most  influential  men  of  the  city. 
He  spoke  with  great  earnestness  and  power,  wholly  ab- 
sorbed in  his  subject,  and  sometimes  borne  away  by 
the  strength  of  his  feelings,  so  that  he  not  infrequently 
rose  to  a  high  pitch  of  eloquence,  and  seemed  to  those 
who  were  listening  to  be  almost  inspired.  Dr.  Cham- 
bers says:  "He  did  not  write  out  his  discourses,  and 
rarely  made  any  notes,  however  brief,  but  none  the  less 
was  there  a  thorough  and  adequate  preparation  His 
material  was  patiently  gathered,  and  faithfully  digested, 
his  extraordinary  memory  enabling  him  to  carry  in  his 
mind  two  or  three  distinct  trains  of  thought  at  once 
without  confusion  or  distraction.  His  audience  heard 
a  piece  of  close  dialectics;  or  a  fine  play  of  imagination; 
or  a  felicitous  use  of  Scripture;  or  a  chapter  of  genuine 
religious  experience;  or  a  glowing  appeal  to  the  heart; 
all  delivered  with  such  an  abandon  of  manner  as 
showed  the  utter  absorption  of  the  speaker  in  his 
theme.  .  .  .  His  eloquence  was  of  that  simple, 
natural  kind  which  takes  hold  of  the  broad  features  ofl 
our  common  humanity,  which  reaches  from  the  heart 
to  the  heart,  and,  therefore,  has  equal  power  over  the 
rude  and  the  refined."  Careless  of  rhetorical  rules  Of 
conventional  gestures,  he  exhibited  ai  times  the  highest 
qualities  of  the  orator. 

At  the  same  time  his  pastoral  duties  were  faithfully 
discharged,  and  he  was  greatly  beloved  by  the  congre- 


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gations  to  which  he  ministered  and  throughout  the 
community,  in  which  his  sincerity  and  elevation  ol 
character  were  well  known.  He  performed,  also,  a 
large  amount  of  editorial  work  in  connection  with  the 
''Christian  Intelligencer,"  from  1831  to  1843;  and  n 
long  as  the  foreign  missionary  operations  of  the  Dutch 
Church  were  carried  on  through  the  American  Board 
of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  he  acted 
as  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  his  denomination, 
and  conducted  an  extensive  correspondence  at 
home  and  abroad.  "In  consequence  of  his  fam- 
iliar acquaintance  with  the  Dutch  language  and 
literature,  with  the  persons  or  traditions  of  the  fathers 
of  our  Church,  and  with  the  affiliated  history  of  the 
times,  he  became  a  recognized  authority  on  almost 
every  question  of  the  past,  and  when  he  failed  to  an- 
swer an  inquiry,  it  was  not  of  much  use  to  seek  else- 
where." An  instance,  both  of  his  mastery  of  the  I  hitch 
language  and  of  his  power  as  an  orator,  was  given  in 
1846,  when  he  was  accredited  as  a  delegate  from  the 
American  Board  to  the  Netherlands  Missionary  So- 
ciety. "The  annual  meeting  of  this  Society,"  writes 
one  who  was  present,  "was  held  in  one  of  the  la: . 
churches  in  Rotterdam,  and  it  was  crowded  to  excess. 
The  most  distinguished  men  of  Holland  were  present, 
and  her  pulpits  and  universities  were  largely  repre- 
sented. The  Doctor  would  have  been  quite  excitable 
if  he  had  spoken  in  English,  but  his  friends  insisted  that 
it  should  be  in  Dutch.  Some  of  us  who  knew  that  he 
was  more  accustomed  to  write  than  to  speak  the  lan- 
guage were  a  little  apprehensive  of  his  faltering.  But 
when  once  fairly  under  way,  he  rolled  off  the  gutter- 


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als  and  the  polysyllabic  compounds  very  much  as  he 
used  to  do  his  vernacular  in  his  own  pulpit  in  Fourth 
street.  There  had  been  an  elaborate  sermon  by  a  dis- 
tinguished divine,  and  there  were  addresses  after  his, 
but  the  Doctor's  speech  was  the  event  of  the  occasion. 
.  .  .  The  immense  audience  hung-  in  breathless  at- 
tention upon  his  words,  and  when  he  ceased  speaking 
there  was  an  audible  movement,  as  when  a  multitude 
suddenly  seek  relief  in  a  change  of  posture." 

In  the  same  year  Dr.  De  Witt  took  part  in  the  forma- 
tion, in  London,  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance,  in  connec- 
tion with  many  of  the  most  eminent  divines  of  Great 
Britain,  Germany,  and  Switzerland.  For  many  years 
he  was  an  esteemed  member  of  the  New  York  Histor- 
ical Society,  before  which  he  read  two  valuable  memoirs 
in  1844  and  1848.  He  was  for  thirty  years  one  of  its 
Vice-Presidents,  and  in  1870  was  elected  President,  but 
after  two  years  of  service  declined  a  re-election  on  ac- 
count of  his  increasing  infirmities.  He  was  in  active 
connection,  also,  with  many  of  the  leading  evangelical 
organizations  of  the  day,  was  President  of  the  Ameri- 
can and  Foreign  Christian  Union;  an  active  manager 
of  the  American  Bible  Society,  and  also  oi  the  Ameri- 
can Tract  Society;  a  trustee  of  the  Leake  and  Watts 
Orphan  House;  a  member  of  the  Council  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  afterwards  a 
trustee  of  Columbia  College.  Pre-eminenth  *  .1 
preacher  and  pastor,  he  was  interested  and  active  in  all 
that  tended  to  promote  the  general  welfare  of  the 
Church  of  Christ. 

Flis  ministry,,  which  began  in    lSu,  continued   un- 
broken until  his  death,  though,  during  the    last    few 


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years,  he  was  released  at  his  own  desire  from  the  bur- 
den of  regular  service,  preaching  0nly  as  strength  per- 
mitted. The  shadow  of  bereavement  fell  repeatedly 
upon  him.  Of  his  eight  children,  six  preceded  him  to 
the  grave,  and  a  few  months  before  his  death  his  wife 
was  taken  from  him.  He  himself  died,  peacefully  and 
triumphantly,  on  the  18th  of  May,  1874,  after  repeated 
and  touching  expressions  of  his  gratitude  to  God  for 
the  mercies  vouchsafed  to  him  during  his  whole  life, 
and  of  his  confidence  in  the  grace  of  the  Saviour,  whom 
he  had  so  long  served.  His  funeral,  in  the  Middle 
Church,  at  Lafayette  place  and  Fourth  street,  was  at- 
tended by  an  immense  gathering,  in  which  were  seen 
the  leading  clergymen  of  the  city  of  all  denominations, 
representatives  of  the  Historical  Society,  and  of  other 
bodies,  and  noted  citizens  of  all  professions.  Suitable 
addresses  were  made  by  Dr-  Vermilye,  Dr.  Tyng  and 
Dr.  Adams;  and  the  last-named  expressed  the  feeling  of 
all  who  were  present,  and  oi  many  others  in  his  open- 
ing words:  "Dear  Dr.  De  Witt." 

Dr.  De  Witt  married,  in  1826,  Miss  Eliza  Ann  Wa- 
terman, of  New  York.  They  had  eight  children,  of 
whom  three  died  in  infancy,  a  fourth  at  the  age  of 
eleven,  and  a  son  and  daughter  just  as  they  reached  the 
threshold  of  manhood  and  womanhood. 

Their  children  and  grandchildren  were  as  follows : 

I.     Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy,  1828. 
II.    Mary  Elizabeth,  m.  Theodore  Cuyler  in  1853 
and'died  in  1892. 

1.  Thomas  de  Witt. 

2.  Eleanor  de  Graff. 


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3.  Cornelius  C. 

4.  Theodore  de  Witt. 

III.  Elsie  Ann,  died  1842. 

IV.  Maria  Van  Antwerp,  m.  Morris  K.  Jesup  in 

1854. 
V.     Thomas,  died  in  infancy,  1838. 
VI.     Julia  Plumer,  died,  1861. 
VII.     Theodore  Frelinohuysen,  died,  1862. 
VIII.     Thomas,  died  in  infancy,  1846. 


Published  Writings. 

The  following  works  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  De  Witt  were 
published  during  the  period  of  his  aetive  labors  in  the 
ministry: 

Sermon  at  Opening  of  General  Synod,  at  Albany,  June  1, 
1825.  (Magazine  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  VoL  1, 
No.  4.) 

Sermon,  Wisdom  and  Beauty  of  Youthful  Paly.  iNat 
Preacher,  Vol.  4,  No.  8,  Jan.,  1830.) 

Sermon,  Gospel  Harvest  and  Christians'  Duty.  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  For- 
eign Missions,  Oct.  6,  1830. 

Sermon  at  the  Installation  of  Dr.  Bethune,  in  Philadelphia, 
Sept.  10,  1834. 

Sermon  at  the  Funeral  of  Rev.   David  S.    Bogart,   AttJ    4. 

1839. 

Introduction  to  Rev.  F.  M.  Kip's  "Memories    of    an    Old 

Disciple." 

Sketches  of  New  Netherlands,  1844.  (New  York  Histor- 
ical Society  Proceedings.) 

Sources  of  the  Early  Settlement  of  New  York.  1848  (New 
York  Historical  Society  Proceedings  ) 


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A  Succinct  Tract  on  the  History,  Doctrine  and  Govern- 
ment of  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  Church  in  North 
America.     1848. 

Historical  Appendix  to  a  Sermon  of  Rev.  R.  W.  Dickerson, 
entitled  "The  House  of  God,"  at  the  Dedication  of  Reformed 
Dutch   Church  at  Fordham,   1849. 

Address  at  the  Laying  of  the  Cornerstone  of  the  Church  at 
Fifth  avenue  and  Twenty-ninth  street.     Nov.  26,  1851. 

Introduction  to  James'  "Young  Man's  Friend."     1852. 

Article  on  Jeptha's  Daughter;  in  Wainwright's  "Women  of 
the  Bible."     1852. 

Translation  from  the  Dutch  of  the  "Report  and  Instructions 
by  the  Synod  of  South  Holland,"  met  at  Breda,  July,  1730. 

Articles  in  "Christian  Intelligencer,"  September  2},  1852, 
and  February  1,  1855. 

Introduction  to  Dunshee's  "Historical  Sketch  of  the  Paro- 
chial School  System  in  Holland."     1853. 

Sermon  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Twenty-ninth  Street 
Church.  Oct.  11,  1854.  (With  Appendix  containing  form  of 
Dedication.) 

Address  at  the  Funeral  of  Dr.  Brodhead,  1855.  (Brodhead 
Memorial.) 

Discourse  at  the  Re-opening  of  North  Reformed  Dutch 
Church,  New  York,  Aug.,  1856.  (With  Appendix  containing 
notes  of  the  history  of  the  Reformed  Church.) 

Introductory  Notice  to  Demarest's  Translation  of  Freling- 
huysen's  Sermons.     1856. 

Discourse  delivered  in  the  North  Reformed  Dutch  Church. 
New  York  City.     1857. 

Memorial  of  the  Rev.  John  Knox,  D.  D.,  Jan    24.  1858. 

A  Tribute  to  the  Memory  of  Rev.  Dr.  John  Gosman.  1865. 
(Gosman  Memorial.)  ■ 

Article  on  the  Heidelberg  Catechism  in  Holland  and  Amer- 
ica.    Read  at  the  Tercentenary  Commemoration  oi  the  Cttfl 
chism,  in  Philadelphia,  Jan.  17-83,  l86j.     (Tercentenary  Mon- 
ument, pp.  413-422.) 

Sermon,  "Providence  and  Prayer."  One  of  a  series  deliv- 
ered in   South   Baptist  Church.   New   York,   by    minister)    of 


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various  denominations;  issued  in  a   volume   in    1865.        (Car- 
ter.)     1865. 

Address  at  the  150th  Anniversary  of  the  First  Reformed 
Dutch  Church  of  New  Brunswick,  X.  ].,  i.S/>;.  In  Steele*! 
"Historical  Discourse." 

Address  at  the  Centennial  Anniversary  of  the  Dedication  of 
the  North  Reformed  Dutch  Church.     18691 

Articles  in  "Spra^ne's  Annals  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Pul- 
pit," as  follows: 

On  Rev.  Johannes  Megapolensis;  on  Rev.  J.  II.  Living 
on  Rev.  Solomon  Frocligh;  on   Rev.  William   Mc Murray;  on 
Rev.  John  S.  Mabon. 

Editorials  in  the  "Christian  Intelligencer,"     1830  -_ 

Communications  and  Translations  of  many  Dutch  Letters 
and  Documents  in  the  "Christian  Intelligencer,"   I^JQ  74 

Many  Communications  in  the  Historical  Collections  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 

Translations  of  Letters  in  the  Documentary  Hi>t»»ry  of  the 
State  of  New  York. 


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II. 

U&imttmx$  of  tljr  Shatter. 


HT  HE  Reformed    Protestant    Dutch   Church   of   the 

City  of  New  York,  now  commonly  know:; 
the  Collegiate  Church,  organized  in  [628,  was  incor- 
porated by  a  royal  charter,  which  was  granted  by 
William  III.,  and  was  signed  by  Governor  Benjamin 
Fletcher,  on  the  nth  day  of  May,  1696.  As  this  was 
the  first  charter  bestowed  on  any  church  in  this  coun- 
try, the  two-hundredth  anniversary  oi  its  issue  seemed 
to  the  Consistory  deserving  of  suitable  commemora- 
tion. A  public  service  was  accordingly  held  in  the 
church  at  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty-eighth  street',  on  the 
nth  day  of  May,  1896,  at  which  an  historical  statement 
in  reference  to  the  charter  was  made  by  the  Rev.  1  >r. 
Coe,  who  presided,  and  a  representative  of  each  of  those 
churches  which  were  established  here  w  hen  the  charter 
was  granted  was  present,  and  delivered  an  address.  The 
Rev.  Henry  M.  Baird,  1).  1) ,  L.L.  l>..  Professor  in  the 
New  York  University,  spoke  for  the  I  luguenot Church; 
the  Rev-  Junius  13.  Remensnyder,  D,  l>..  Pastor  of  St. 
James'  Lutheran  Church  of  this  city,  fur  the  Lutheran 
Church,  and 'the  Rev-  Charles  C  Tiffany.  D.  I  >..  Arch 
deacon  of  the  Diocese  of  New  York,  for  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church.     To  their  words  oi  greeting,  con- 


gratulation  and  historical  reminiscence,  the   Rev.    Dr. 
Burrcll  made,  in  the  name  of  the  Collegiate  Church,  a 
felicitous  response.     A  large  audience  was  present,  in- 
cluding representatives  of  public  institutions,  of  lii>t«>r- 
ical  and  other  societies,  and  of  the  government  of  tin- 
city,  as  well  as  of  the  clergy  of  all  denominations.     The 
church  was  elaborately  decorated  with  banners  repre- 
senting the  coats-of-arms  of  the  several  provinces  <>f  the 
Netherlands,  and  with  the  Hags  of  the  United  St,. 
Great  Britain,  and  Holland,  and  the  pulpit  was  adorned 
with  plants  and  flowers-     A  large  photograph   repre- 
senting the  first  and  last  lines  of  the  charter,  with  the 
signature  of  the  Governor,  and  the  seal  of  the  province, 
was  placed  in  the  view  of  the  audience,  and  the  great 
seal  was  also  reproduced  upon  the  programme.  The  ad- 
dresses were  afterward  printed  by  the  Consistory,  to- 
gether with  the  order  of  service,  and  a  letter  from  the 
Rev;  Morgan  Dix,  S.  T.  D.,  D.  C.  L-,  Rector  of  Trin- 
ity Church.     The  pamphlet  also  contains  a  transcript  of 
the  charter.     Copies  of  it  may  be  obtained  by  applica- 
tion to  the  Clerk  of  Consistorv. 


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III. 

JRrntOYfel  Sfttintiotos  m  tljr  i-tliDtilr 
©buret). 


PjURING  the  past  year  the  interior  of  the  Middle 
Church,  Second  avenue,  has  been  enriched  and 
beautified  by  tire  addition  of  two  memorial  wind 
one  commemorating  the  long  and  faithful  ministry  in 
the  Collegiate  Church  of  its  late  Senior  Minister,  the 
Rev.  Talbot  Wilson  Chambers,  the  other  keeping  fresh 
the  memory  of  one  of  the  much  respected  families  of 
the  Church — the  Hyde  family. 

1. — A    MEMORIAL     FOR    THE    REV.     I'M. Hoi     WILSON    CHAM- 
BERS,   S.  T.  D. 

A  very  impressive  service  was  held    in   the    Middle 

Church,  on  the  evening  of  Whitsun  Day,  May  -'4th. 
1896,  when  this  window  was  unveiled. 

The  window  was  a  gift  from  the  many  friends  of  Dr. 
"Chambers  in  the  Collegiate  Church. 

Before  the  grave  had  closed  upon  his  dust,  the  pur- 
pose was  formed  to  do  something  to  perpetuate  his 
memory  in  the  Church  with  which  he  had  lor  SO  man) 
years  been  connected.  This  purpose  expressed  itsell 
in  the  issue,  by  four  of  his  friends,  oi  an  appeal  for  the 
erection  of  this  memorial.     This  appeal  nut  with  a  \er\ 


! 


"  Jesus  and  tii*  \\i>m\n  >>i   Samaria 
a   Mhmixi.m.  fok  in I-.  Rkv.Tai.hoi  Wilsoji  Cmamhku,S    I    D 
Erected  in  i)u  Mi. Kiu-  Church,  Second  ^vhim. 

.    THI    (ill  T    Oh     III''    I    IRIKHIOKI   t>- 


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hearty  response.  Some  of  these  responses  were  touch- 
ing in  their  allusions  to  the  memory  of  him  who  had 
gone  from  earth  to  heaven.  The  interest  of  the  chil- 
dren connected  with  the  two  schools  maintained  by  the 
Middle  Church  was  awakened,  and  they  contributed 
generously  toward  the  window,  as  did  the  congregation 
and  children  belonging  to  the  Knox  Memorial  Chapel, 
where  Ur.  Chambers  of  late  yean  frequently  officiated. 

The  window  was  placed  by  the  side  of  the  memorial 
of  the  much  lamented  wife  of  Dr.  Chambers. 

The  subject  of  the  window  is  Jesus  and  the  Woman 
of  Samaria,  from  a  drawing  by  Heinrich  Hoffmann 
(Dresden),  and  the  work  was  executed  by  the  Tiffany 
Glass  and  Decorating  Co.  This  subject  was  a  favorite 
one  with  Dr.  Chambers,  and  this  delineation  of  it  he 
greatly  admired.  It  seems  eminently  appropriate,  fur 
imbued  with  the  Spirit  of  the  Master,  as  Dr.  Chambers 
was,  no  joy  to  him  was  greater  than  to  draw  forth  the 
"Living  Water"  from  the  well  of  Scripture,  and  s 
present  it,  as  to  refresh  and  gladden  others  by  it.  A 
man,  too,  of  profoundly  reverent  spirit,  he  emphasized 
both  by  example  and  teaching  the  importance  of  sincere 
and  reverent  worship- 

The  Saviour  is  depicted  sitting  upon  the  curb  of  Ja- 
cob's well,  His  hand  uplifted,  in  the  act    of    deliveri 
His  message.       The  woman  stands  before   Him,  her 
whole  attitude  and  expression  indicating  the  awakening 
of  the  soul. 

The  treatment  in  glass  is  of  the  highest  arti>tic  order. 
The  surface  of  the  entire  frame  is  overlaid  with  lac- 
quered brass,  on  which  is  set  forth  the  following  in- 
scription: 


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TO   THE   GLORY   OF   GOD   AND    IN    MEMORY    ol 

THE  REVEREND  TALBOT  WILSON  (  HAMBERS,  R.    r    l» 

FEBRUARY   25,    l8lQ-FEBRUARY   3,    [896. 

SENIOR    MINISTER    OF    THIS    CHURCH. 


TO   COMMEMORATE    HIS   SIMPLE    FAITH 

IN    THE    CHRIST    AND    IN    THE    KINGDOM. 


GRATEFULLY  ERECTED    BY  THOSE   WHO   HAVE   Bl 

REFRESHED 

BY  THE  "LIVING  WATFk"    OFTTIMES   PRESENTED    HY 

HIM. 

WHITSUN    DAY,    1896. 

The  service  was  conducted  by  the  Rev  John    Ger- 

ardus  Fagg,  the  minister  in  charge  of  the  Middle 
Church,  whose  sermon  was  appropriate,  both  to  the 
day  and  the  occasion,  from  St.  John  4:  24,  "God 
Spirit,  and  they  that  worship  him  must  worship  him  in 
Spirit  and  in  truth."  This  was  characterized  by  great 
spiritual  eloquence.  Three, of  Dr.  Chambers'  favorite 
hymns  were  sung  at  this  service,  "My  Jesus,  as  Thou 
Wilt,"  "When  I  Survey  the  Wondrous  Cross,"  and 
"Jesus,  I  Live  to  Thee."  The  anthem,  "( iod  is  a  Spirit." 
one  especially  dear  to  Dr.  Chambers,  was  feelingly 
rendered. 

The  church  was  filled  with  a  large  audience,  w  ho  had 

come  to  pay  this  last  tribute  lo  the  memory  of   Dr. 

» 
Chambers. 

In  connection  with  this  event  an    "In    Memoriam" 
pamphlet  was  written  as  "a  last  tribute  to  the  men 
of  Dr.  Chambers,  by  one  who  mourns  the  loss 
pastor  and  friend,"  and  issued  in  tasteful  form,  was  pre- 
sented to  all  the  attendants  on  the  memorial  service  and 


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sent  to  the  members  of  the  Church,  so  that  all  who 
cherished  his  memory  might  possess  a  reminder  of  that 
gifted  servant  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  that  those  who 
its  pages  might  "have  their  faith  quickened  in  the  com- 
fortable doctrine  of  the  'Holy  Catholic  Church,  the 
Communion  of  Saints.'  " 

The  pamphlet  contained  a  faithful  reproduction  from 
the  admirable  portrait  of  Dr.  Chambers,  painted  in 
J893»  by  William  Thorne,  and  a  photograph  of  the  win- 
dow itself.  The  tender  and  appropriate  words  in  which 
the  author  of  the  pamphlet  called  up  associations  and 
thoughts  suggested  by  the  occasion  are  herewith  re- 
printed: 

"On  this  day,  which  commemcrates  the  gilt  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  the  1\femorial  Window  stands  before  us  to  teach  us 
and  succeeding-  generations  its  sweet  and  abiding  lesson. 

'"What  sacred  memories  cluster  about  this  'Middle  Dutch' 
Church  and  its  predecessors  of  the  same  name  in  Lafayette 
place  and  in  Nassau  street! 

"Before  that  spotless  pulpit,-  representing  the  purity  of  the 
saints,  our  pastor  and  friend  forty-seven  years  ago,  t<u.k  upon 
himself  the  vows  of  duty  as  a  faithful  Minister  to  Christ  i 
that  sacred  desk  has  been  heard,  again  and  again,  that  voice 
which  is  now  stilled  in  death,  proclaiming  that  'This  is  indeed 
the  Christ,  the  Saviour  of  the  world.' 

"How  many,  many  times  he  has  stood  behind  the  <'oin- 
jnunion  Table,  lifting  up,  in  his  tender  and  affectionate  way, 
the  'Bread  of  the  world  in  mercy  broken'  and  'Wine  of  the 
soul  in  mercy  shed  ' 

"In  what  'glorious  company*  and  'goodly  fellowship'  >s  this 
memorial  of  Or.  Chambers  placed!      By  his  sub-,  hi*  excellent 
and  lamented  wife/  who,  a  leu  short  years  uncc,  pretcded  Inn 
into  the  heavenly  home;  yonder  those  two  gifted  and  laintl) 


1  Louise  Frelinghuysen  Chambers. 


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women1  who  were  active  in  all  Christian  service,  and  DOW  a 
distinguished   part   in    founding,   thirty   and    more  yean 
that    beneficent    institution    of    the    Church— the      Industrial 
School;  with  them,  the  faithful  daughter/  'full  of  good  works ' 
Two  noble  sisters4  are  here,  endowed  with  keen  and  active 
minds,  whose  beautiful  characters  were  dec-ply  impressed  and 
moulded  by  their  pastor  and  friend.     The  'beloved  ph}  sician," 
with  his  healing  art  for  the  body  and  his  'cure  of  s  nils,' 
the  company.    Found  here,  too,  are  the  aged  disciple*  who.  in 
spirit,  'departed  not  from  the  temple  but  served  God  with  I 
ings  and  prayers  night  and  day,'  and  the  young  man,7  who.  in 
the  springtime  of  his  vears,  received  the  final  summons.    The 
Church's  Ministers,8  gathered  out  of  the  centuries  in  an  illus- 
trious assembly,  lend  their  bent  diction   to  the   scene. 

"Our  Heavenly  Father,  we  give  Thee  hearty  thanks  for  the 
good  examples  of  all  those  Thy  servants,  who,  having  fin- 
ished their  course  in  faith,  do  now  rest  from  their  lal 

"And  rejoicing  in  the  communion  of  Thy   saints,  we  I 
Thy  Holy  Name  for  all  Thy  servants  who  have  departed   in 
the  faith,  and  wdio,  having  accomplished  their  warfare,  .ire  .it 
rest  with  Thee;  beseeching  Thee  to  enable  us  SO  to  i    How  theil 
faith   and  good  example,  that   we   with  them    may   finally   be 
partakers  of  Thy  heavenly   Kingdom;  when.   mad.    like  unto 
Christ,  we  shall  behold  Him  with  unveiled  face,  rejoicing  in 
His  glory,  and  by   Him  we,  with  all  Thy   Church  holy  and 
unspotted,   shall   be   presented   with   exceeding   JO)    b 
presence  of  Thy  glory.     Hear  us,  0  Heavenly  Father,  for  His 
sake:  to  Whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  gloi 
ever  and  ever.     Amen." 


a  Cornelia  Leverich  Browrer  McCreery, 

Julia  Plumer  De  Witt. 
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*  Mary  Agnes  Kudd  Greenwood. 

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5  Dr.  Henry  V*n  Arsilale 
"  Caroline  M.  Hitchcock. 

7  Frederick  William  t '.aw  try. 

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Let  us  listen  to  the  answer  from  the  skies  of  those  irho  have 
gone  before: 

If  I  find  Him,  if  I  follow, 
What  His  guerdon  here? 
"Many  a  sorrow,  many  a  labor, 
Many  a  tear." 

Finding,  following,  keeping,  struggling. 

Is  He  sure  to  bless? 
"Angels,  Martyrs,  Prophets,  Virgins. 
Answer,  Yes!" 

Whitsun-Dav,  May  24th,  1896. 
II. — A    MEMORIAL  FOR  EDWIN    HYDF    AND   HIS  W I  It- .   I  LIZA- 
BETH    A  I.VINA    HYDE. 

This  beautiful  window  is  the  gift  of  the  children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwin  Hyde.  Four  generations  of  the 
family  have  lived  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  Mid- 
dle Church-  In  the  year  1837,  Mrs.  Hyde's  father, 
Ralph  Mead,  bought  from  the  Stuyvesant  Estate,  the 
lots  where  the  church  building  now  stands  and  built  the 
houses  formerly  there.  Mr.  Mead  afterwards  pur- 
chased the  lot  on  Seventh  street,  now  covered  by  the 
Middle  Church  House. 

It  has  been  thought  well  in  making  a  selection  of 
subjects  for  the  windows  in  this  church,  to  adhere  to 
scenes  in  the  life  of  Our  Divine  Lord,  and  also  to  secure 
unity  of  impression,  by  employing  the  designs  of  Hein- 
rich  Hoffman,  hence  the  donors  of  this,  the  last  win- 
dow  placed  in  the  church,  chose  his  vers  beautiful  rep- 
resentation of  the  Nativity  (Die  Helige  Nacht  in 
Bethlehemi—a  theme  that  has  called  forth  the  best 
forts  of  the  greatest  Christian  artists  o\  all  times,  but  it 
is  a  question  if  it  has  ever  been  handled  SO  successfully 
as  bv  this  most  renowned  of  modern  religious  painters. 


474 


The  accompanying  illustration  gives  but  a  feeble  idea 
of  the  window,  as  its  beauty  so  largely  depends  on  the 

color  of  the  "lass.     The  Tiffany  Glass  &   Decorating 
Company  have  rendered  Hoffman's  design  in  a  n 
admirable  manner,  adhering  as  close  to  the  original  a> 

was  possible  in  the  window  space. 

This  work  of  art  may  be  truthfully  described  as 
transparent  glass  mosaic,  because  the  glass  used 
not  depend  upon  paints,  stains    and    enamels    foi 
color,  but  upon  the  glass  itself;  the  colors  form  part  of 
its  very  substance.     It  is  true  that  there  is  some  paint- 
ing  in  the  window,  but  this  is  confined  to  the  faces  and 
hands  of  the  Virgin  and  the  Angels.      Not  only  has  the 
composition  of  color  been  carefully  studied  but  also  the 
arrangement  of  the  lead  lines,  which  instead  of  marring 
the  picture,  as  they  so  often  do  in  stained  glass  win- 
dows, assist  and  emphasize  the  drawing. 

The  window  bears  the  following  inscription: 

IN      MEMOR1AM. 
l8lJ.  EDWIN     HYDE  1896. 

AND     ills    WIFE 
1814.  ELIZABETH     Al.VlNA     HYDE. 

The  Consistory  acknowledged  the  gift  oi  this  win- 
dow, in  the  adoption,  at  a  meeting  held  Dec.  3,  18 ■ : 
-  the  following  minute: 

"A  memorial  window,  'The  Nativity,1  having  been  place*!  in 
the  Middle  Church  by  the  Hyde  family,  the  Consistorj   here 
by  tenders  its  sincere  thanks  to  the  members  Ol  that  l.unils   foi 
this*  beautiful  memorial,  which,  by  reason  of  its  artistic  qual 
ities,  greatly  adds  to  the  attractiveness  of  the  (/lunch  inl 
as  well  as  silently  preaching  the  important  truth,  the  Incarna- 
tion of  the  Son  of  God." 


IV. 

Memorial  JTvibutrs, 


During-  the  past  year  the  Collegiate  Church  sus- 
tained the  loss  by  death  of  a  member  of  its  Consistory, 

Mr.  John  Graham. 

Mr.  Ebenezer  Monroe  and  Mr.  Peter  R.  Warner, 
members  of  the  Great  Consistory,  also  departed  this 
life  during  the  year  1896. 

The  memory  of  these  servants  of  the  Church  is  here 
preserved : 

I. — MR.   JOHN    GRAHAM. 

At  a  meeting  of  Consistory,  held  Oct.   1st,    189I 
letter  was  read  from  Rev.  William  Vaughan,  in  el. 
of  the  Knox  Memorial  Chapel,  expressing  the  high  re- 
gard in  which  Mr.  Graham  was  held  by  the  people  of 

that  congregation,  and  sorrow  because  of  his  death 

The  following  action  was  taken  by  the  Consistory: 

"The   Minister,    Elders   and    DsAcqpca 
the  Reformed  Protestaht  Dutch  Church 
of  the  City  of  New  York  " 
In  Consistory, 

November  yrn,  iv 
The  committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  suitable  minute  In  the 
memory  of  Elder  John  Graham,   deceased,  reported  tlM 
lowing,  which  was  adopted,  ordered  lo  be  entered  m  m  the 


47<; 

records  of  Consistory,  and  a  copy  thereof  sent  to  lus  widow, 
viz. : 

"The  Consistory  desire  to  place  on  record  their  appreciation 
of  the  character  and  services  of  Elder  John  Graham,  who  dud 
in  Brooklyn,  Sunday  evening,  August  J.],   [8ofj 

"Air.  Graham  was  connected  with  the  Collegiate  Church 
for  thirty  years.  lie  had  been  a  member  only  t«0 
years  when  he  was  chosen  deacon.  He  continued  to 
hold  this  office  for  eight  years,  when  he  was  elected  Elder. 
He  remained  an  Elder  until  the  time  of  his  death.  These 
twenty-eight  years  of  service  were  marked  by  a  high  con- 
scientiousness, an  unfailing  punctuality,  an  unvarying  cheer- 
fulness, indicative  alike  of  the  character  of  the  man  and  of  his 
deep,  personal  concern  for  the  welfare  of  the  Church.  To  lwm 
the  interests  of  the  Church  were  paramount.  For  them  he 
was  willing  to  forego  business  advantage  and  personal  com- 
fort. He  was  especially  interested  in  the  work  of  the  Church 
among  the  less  favored,  the  struggling,  the  poor.  This  was 
manifest  in  his  continued  attendance  at  and  his  unwearied  la- 
bors in  connection  with  the  Middle  Church.  The  special  tes- 
timonial from  the  people  of  the  Knox  Memorial  Chapel  l><  .irs 
witness  to  his  earnest  efforts  on  their  behalf.  His  exemplary 
life,  his  affection  for  the  Church,  his  integrity,  his  fidelity.  Ins 
self-sacrifice,  will  remain  a  cherished  memory  in  tlte  dayi  to 
come."  From  the  minutes. 

C.  S.  Phillips, 

rk. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Coe,  the  Senior  Minister,  who  offici- 
ated at  Mr.  Graham's  funeral,  paid  the  Following  tribute 
to  his  memory,  the  same  having  been  published  iy  the 
"Christian  Intelligencer,"  Sept.  9th,  1896: 

Mr.  John  Graham,  wdio  died  at  the  residence  of  his  p. inner. 
Mr.  David  Fofbes,  in  Brooklyn,  on  Sunday,  August 

one  of  the  most  active  and  useful  members  of  the    Coll    . 
Church  of  this  city,     lie  was  born  at    Moira.  County    D 
Ireland,  January,  1826,  and  was  brought  Up  under  the  strong 


477 

religious  influences  of  the  Irish  Presbyterian  Church,  to 
which  his  parents  belonged,  and  in  which  his  three  brother! 
became  ministers.  The  effects  of  this  early  training  were 
ible  in  all  his  later  life.  He  came  to  New  York  in  1848,  and 
engaged  in  business  here,  working  his  way  up  till  he  became 
head  of  a  well-known  firm  of  importers,  with  a  wide  reputa- 
tion for  honest  and  honorable  dealing.  In  his  commercial  re- 
lations he  was  not  more  distinguished  for  his  strut  integrity 
than  for  his  kindly  and  helpful  spirit  toward  all  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact.  Me  was  received  into  the  Collegiate 
Church  by  certificate  from  the  Dutch  Church  in  Market 
street,  1866,  and  was  elected  deacon  in  1868  and  elder  in 
In  all  official  duties  he  was  most  painstaking  and  diligent, 
giving  to  the  service  of  the  Church  a  lar^e  amount  of  time  and 
thought.  Especially  in  the  Middle  Church,  which  he  attended. 
his  labors  were  untiring.  His  interest  in  it  was  constant  and 
profound.  He  knew  everybody  in  the  congregation  and  Sun- 
day-school, and  was  known  and  beloved  by  everybody,  old 
and  young.  His  place  there  was  never  vacant  till  his  death 
made  it  empty,  and  now  it  cannot  easily  be  rilled.  He  will  be 
missed  in  every  department  of  the  work,  and  his  influence  will 
long  continue  to  be  felt  by  all  in  any  way  connected  with  it 
He  was  hardly  less  interested  in  all  the  work  and  welfare  of 
the  Collegiate  Church,  and  in  the  process  ()i  the  Church  at 
large.  Modest  and  gentle  in  manner  and  speech,  he  was  one 
of  the  most  resolute  and  persistent  as  well  as  conscientioui  of 
men.  Often  differing  in  judgment  from  those  with  whom  he 
was  associated,  he  always  commanded  their  respect  ^^\  t* 
teem  for  the  purity  of  his  motives  and  lor  his  fidelity  I 
convictions.  A  truly  Christian  man.  a  diligent  Itudei  I 
God's  Word,  a  man  of  faith  and  prayer  and  of  ^igh  and 
earnest  purpose,  he  did  his  lifework  faithfully,  and  passed  tran- 
quilly into  the  life  beyond. 

jl. — MR.    EBENEZER    MONKOB, 

Mr.  Monroe  died  in  this  city  April  3,   1896,     He 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,     on     November    1$,     iSlO,       W  lu  n 
twenty-one  years  of  age  lie   came   to   New    York   and   tOt 


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the  business  of  Frederick  Marquand,  then  one  of  New  York's 
largest  jewelers,  and  subsequently  became  a  member  of  the 

firm.  This  firm  was  succeeded  by  that  of  Ball,  Tompkins 
&  Black,  and  later  by  Ball,  Black  &  Co.,  in  both  of  which 
firms  he  was  a  partner.  Mr.  Monroe  retired  from  the  latter 
house  about  1875,  since  which  time  he  had  not  been  in  active 
business. 

In  1835  he  married  Elizabeth  H.  Brinckerhoff,  daughti 
Elbert  A.  Brinckt  rhoff,  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  two 
only  of  whom  survive.  His  wife  preceded  him  to  the 
heavenly  home.  The  only  son  who  reached  maturity  was  El- 
bert Brinckerhoff  Monroe,  who  was  actively  interested  in  and 
connected  with  religious  and  benevolent  societies  and  insti- 
tutions.    He  died  in  the  year  1894. 

Mr.  Monroe  was  a  member  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of 
Art,  the  New  York  Historical  Society  and  the  Geographical 
Society. 

In  the  year  1847  he  united  with  the  Collegiate  Church  on 
confession.    In  1850  he  was  elected  to  the  Consistory,  becom- 
ing a  Deacon,  and  subsequently,  in  1864,  he  was  elected  an  El- 
der, in  which  office  he  gave  to  the  Church  conscientious 
vice  for  a  long  period.     His  counsels  were  often  sought 
and  were  always  appreciated.     Until  within  a  few  montl 
his  death  he  was  a  valued  member  of  the  finance  committee 
of  the  Church. 

Of  a  gentle  and  genial  nature,  he  readily  won  and  always 
retained  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  he  came 
in  contact. 


HI, — MR.    PETER    ROOME    WARNER. 

Peter  Roome  Warner,  who  died  at  his  home.  No.  i-^  West 
Twelfth   street,   on   Monday,   September   2ISt,    l8o6\    iU   DOTR 

in  this  city  March  12th,   1804.      His  lather  was  Leonard  War- 
ner, an  architect  and  builder,  and  on   both   his    lather's    and 
mother's  side  he/vas  descended  from  the  old  Dutch  Stock     At 
the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Warner's  family  had  lived  In 
York  city  continuously  for  two  hundred  and  sixty  tl 
The  young  man  was  educated  m  the  private  schools  of  the  city, 


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and  when  he  had  gained  a  good  common  school  education  he 
entered  the  office  of  the  North  River  Insurance  Company, 
where  he  served  for  some  time.  Then  he  was  transferred  to  the 

North  River  Bank,  but  after  a  short  period  of  clerkship  he 
returned  to  the  North  River  Insurance  Company  as  secretary. 
On  July  14th,  1847,  he  was  elected  president  of  the  insurance 
company,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  1885,  at  which  time 
he  retired  from  business  on  account  of  his  extreme  age,  after 
serving  as  president  for  thirty-eight  years.  His  connection 
with  the  company  covered  a  period  of  sixty-eight  yean.  The 
company's  continued  success  was  largely  due  to  the  care  and 
business  skill  of  the  man,  who,  for  so  many  years,  acted  as 
its  president.  Mr.  Warner  was  nearly  all  his  life  prominently 
connected  with  the  Collegiate  Church.  He  was  a  meinl 
the  Consistory  for  many  years,  although,  for  a  long  period 
prior  to  his  death,  he  was  not  in  active  office.  He  served  the 
denomination  for  many  years  with  great  ability  and  faithful 
ness  as  the  Treasurer  of  the  Hoard  of  Direction  of  the 
eral  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Church,  which  ha-  the  manage- 
ment of  the  invested  funds  of  the  Church.  He  was  one  ol  the 
oldest  members  of  the  St.  Nicholas  Society,  ami  was  a  num- 
ber of  the  New  York  Historical  Society,  for  which  he 
several  pamphlets  in  regard  to.  the  early  history  of  the  city 
He  outlived  his  wife  and  children,  and  left  three  grandchildren 

—Mrs.  Charles  H.  Bailey,  of  Bloomfield,  N.  J.:  Edward  C 
Adams,  of  East  Orange.  N.  J.,  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Fitch,  of 
this  city. 


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IJrtrv  fttfmift.* 


]"  N  the  sixteenth  century  and  the  seventeenth,  relig- 
ious persecution  drove  out  of  France  a  multitude 
of  her  best  citizens.  Thousands  of  these  found  refuge 
in  neighboring  countries  where  their  superior  skill  and 
industry  won  for  them  an  enviable  name.  The  city  of 
Wesel,  on  the  Rhine,  in  the  duchy  of  Cleves,  was  famous 
as  an  asylum  for  persecuted  Protestants.  Besides  the 
native  Reformed  churches  there  were  large  and  influen- 
tial French,  Fnglish  and  Dutch  congregations  In  the 
Walloon,  or  French,  church  of  this  city  of  Rhenish 
Prussia,  was  born  and  baptized  IVter  Minuit,  or,  as  the 
name  was  sometimes  written,  Menewe.  The  recordl 
the  church  were  lost  in  the  vicissitudes  oi  the  tinu- 
yet  we  learn  from  other  sources  that  Minuit  was  not 
only  a  member  in  full  communion,  but  an  elder  in  the 
Walloon  church.  The  civil  records  of  the  city  of  W 
show  that  Minuit  departed  for  foreign  countries  in  the 
month  of  April,  1625.  At  this  time  the  West  India  Com- 
pany, of  Holland,  determined  to  plant  a  stable  colony, 
in  America,  and  they  fixed  upon  Minuit  as  a  suitable 
person  for  the  office  of  director-general.  They  com- 
missioned him,  and  he  sailed  from  the  Texel  in  J.uui.ir> . 
1626,  and  arrived 'at  Manhattan  in  the  following  May. 

'This  article  appeared  in  the  "New  York  Observer."  April  I  6th, 
been  written  by  the  late  Dr.  Chambers  and  published  alter  hi.  death 


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With  him  a  council  was  appointed,  which  was  invested 
with  all  legislative  and  judicial  powers,  subject  to  the 
supervision  and  appellate  jurisdiction  of  the  chamber 
of  the  company  at  Amsterdam.  Minuit's  birth  and 
training",  as  well  as  his  natural  character,  fitted  him  to 
lead  the  hardy  Dutch  and  French  emigrants  to  the 
banks  of  the  Hudson.  It  was  his  business  to  transform 
a  mere  trading  post  into  a  firm-settled  agricultural  col- 
ony, and,  accordingly,  he  brought  with  him  a  supply  of 
seeds,  plants,  domestic  animals  and  implements  of  hus- 
bandry. Hitherto  the  Dutch  had  possessed  Manhat- 
tan island  only  by  right  of  discovery  and  occupation. 
Minuit  determined  to  superadd  a  higher  title  by  pur- 
chase from  the  aborigines.  Accordingly,  he  opened  ne- 
gotiations with  the  Indians,  and  an  arrangement  was 
made  by  which  the  whole  island  was  ceded  to  the  West 
India  Company  "for  the  value  of  sixty  guilder-."  Of 
about  twenty-four  dollars  of  our  present  currency 
This  event,  as  the  distinguished  J.  R.  Brodhead  has  ob- 
served, "as  well  deserves  commemoration  as  the  famous 
treaty,  immortalized  by  painters,  poets  and  histori 
which  William  Penn  concluded,  fifty-six  years  after- 
wards, under  the  great  elm  tree,  with  the  Indians  at 
Shackamaxon." 

This  humane  and  Christian  policy  of  peaceful  m 
tiation  and  fair  dealing  with  the  Indians  was  Inaugu- 
rated by  Peter  Minuit,  eighteen  years  before  William 
•  Penn  was  born.     In  further  evidence  oi  the  purp 
establish  the  colony  upon  a    linn    foundation,  a    tort, 
faced  with  stone,  was  constructed  at  the  .southern  end  ^i 
the  island.  The  interests  of  trade  and  of  agriculture  M 
encouraged  with  equal  care.      A  plenty  of  -rain  wai 


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raised,  and  the  meadows  furnished  grazing  for  herds  of 
cattle.     The  Indians  were  offered  fair  prices  for  their 

furs,  and  soon  this  business  reached  the  annual  Mini  of 
i43»ooo  guilders.  At  one  time  Minuit  built  a  six  hun- 
dred-ton vessel  and  sent  it  to  Holland,  laden  with  val- 
uable furs.  He  also  cultivated  friendly  relations  with 
the  settlers  in  New  England.  He  wrote  to  Governor 
Bradford,  of  the  New  Plymouth  colony,  reminding  him 
of  the  amity  existing  between  the  mother  countries 
across  the  sea,  and  proposing  commercial  reciprocity 
as  mutually  advantageous.  Bradford  replied  in  a  sim- 
ilar spirit,  and  expressed  gratitude  for  the  hospitality 
shown  to  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  in  Holland,  for  which  he 
declared  that  "they  and  their  children  would  In-  forever 
thankful." 

But  while  temporal  affairs  were  thus  prospering,  and 
the  population  growing  by  natural  increase  as  well  as 
by  the  arrival  of  new  settlers,  the  higher  spiritual  inter- 
ests of  the  people  were  not  neglected.  At  first  laymen 
called "Krankenbezoekers," or  visitorsof  the  sick. main- 
tained the  ordinances  of  worship,  but  early  in  [628,  J<  mas 
Mlchaelius,  a  pious  and  carefully  trained  clergyman, 
came  over  from  Holland.  He  was  full  of  zeal  and  good 
works,  not  only  preaching  in  Hutch  and  French,  but 
endeavoring  to  teach  the  gospel  to  the  Indians  m  their 
native  tongue.  In  the  summer  he  established  a  church* 
which  has  continued  in  unbroken  succession  to  this 
day.  It  was  organized  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
Reformed  in  Europe,  with  two  elders.  One  ^i  tl 
was  the  honorable  director  himself,  and  the  othei 

♦It  is  well  known  that  the  Church  here  referred  io  Mhr  Colllgl>M   I 

by  which  this  Year  Hook  is  issued. 


48.1 


his  brother-in-law,  Jan  Huyghen,  both  of  whom  I 

served  as  office  bearers  in  the  Dutch  church  and  in  the 
French  at  Wesel  on  the  Rhine.   At  the  first  administra- 
tion of  the  Lord's  Supper  full  fiftv  Walloons  and  Dutch 
sat  down  at  the  table.      Minuit  is  >ai<l  to    have    ere 
the  horse  mill,  the  upper  story  of  which  was  used 
place  of  worship  until  a  church  building  was  put  Up 
within  the  fort.    For  about  four  years  Minuit  continued 
in  office,  commending  religion  by  his  own  personal  and 
official    example,    when,    through    circumstances    for 
which  he  was  in  no  way  responsible,  he  was  recalled  to 
Holland.    The  difficulty  arose  from  a  sort  of  feudal 
tern  which  the  West  India  Company  established  in  New 
Netherlands.  Certain  wealthy  persons  called  "pa 
were  allowed  to  possess  large  tracts  of  land,  provi  led 
they  introduced  each  at  least  fifty  colonists  who,  f. -r  ten 
years,  should  be  exempt  from  all  customs  and    | 
but  could  not  leave  the  service  of  their  feudal  chief  with- 
out his  written  consent.   Meanwhile,  the  company   re- 
served to  itself  the  right  to  control  all  trade  and  manu- 
factures.    It  was   inevitable   that   trouble   should 
between  the  company  on  one  hand  and  the  new  colon- 
ial proprietaries    on    the    other,    since    their    int 
would  conflict.     Of  this  Minuit  was  the  victim 
upright  man  and  faithful  officer  was  ground  as  it  were 
between  the  upper  and  nether    millstones,    and    com- 
pelled to  withdraw  from   New    Netherlands 
years  of  prosperous  administration."     It  has  beer. 
of  him:  "His  integrity  as  an  officer  seemed  to  raise  Up 
against  him  a  host  of  enemies,  and  hence  he  w  , 
11    i  >> 
1  But  this  was  not  the  end  of  hia  career.     In  1636  he 


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was  chosen  by  the  government  of  Sweden  to  establish 

a  colony  on  the  west  bank  of  the  South  River,  as  the 
Delaware  was  then  called.  Owing  to  a  prolonged  illi 
he  did  not  set  out  till  late  in  the  autumn  of  1637,  an d  ar- 
rived in  New  Sweden  in  March,  1638.  Here  he  or- 
ganized a  Christian  government,  dealt  fairly  with  the 
Indians,  and  within  three  months  put  the  settlement  in 
a  condition  to  repel  any  assault.  Then  he  sailed  to  the 
West  Indies  to  secure  a  valuable  return  cargo  to  old 
Sweden.  He  accomplished  his  object  and  was  ready 
to  return,  when  he  accepted  an  invitation  to  visit  a 
Dutch  vessel,  and,  while  enjoying  the  hospitalities  of 
his  host,  a  violent  hurricane  arose  which  drove  all  the 
vessels  in  the  harbor  of  St  Christopher  out  to  sea 
Both  of  .his  own  ships  outrode  the  storm,  but  the  Fly- 
ing Deer,  on  which  the  governor  was,  was  never  heard 
of  again. 

Minuit's  influence  remained  behind  him,  and  the  I 
islature  of  Delaware  appointed  a  memorial  service-  to 
be  held  at  Dover,  on  the  23d  of  April,  1895.  At  this 
service  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cyrus  Cort,  of  Wyoming.  DeL, 
the  chaplain  of  the  Senate,  delivered  an  interesting  ad- 
dress, from  which  most  of  the  preceding  sketch  has 
been  derived.  It  may  be  that  Peter  Minuit  Bhines  by 
contrast  with  his  successors  in  office,  the  incompetent 
Van  Twiller,  the  corrupt  Kieft  and  the  irascible  and  ty- 
rannical Stuyvesant,  but  all  the  information  attainable 
represents  him  as  an  intelligent  and  God-fearing  man, 
with  great  executive  ability,  and  entirely  incorruptible. 
His  name  should  not  be  allowed  to  remain  in  obscui ity, 
but  be  tenderly  cherished  as  the  first  governor  of  New 
Netherlands/a  man  not  surpassed  in  wise  tdminij 


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4  So 

tion  of  affairs  by  any  of  the  long  line  of  statesmen  and 
patriots  who,  for  the  greater  part  of  three  centuries, 
have  been  the  executives  of  the  Empire  state.  "The 
glory  of  children  are  their  fathers,"  the  wise  man  telb 
us,  and  special  pains  should  be  taken  not  to  let  the 
memory  of  able  and  faithful  men  who  adorned  tluir 
high  station  perish  from  the  earth. 

Talbot  W.  Chambers. 


• 
» 


w, 


VI. 

HranUrntr?orfervs. 


I 


HP  HIS  term  means  Visitors  of  the  Sick,  and  refers  to 

a  special  office  provided  for  in  the  Post  Acta  of 

the  Synod  of  Dort,  1619.    While  it  was  a  general  duty 

of  ministers  in  the  Netherlands  to  visit  the  sick,  yet  in  1 

destitute  fields  or  in  those  too  large  fur  the  minister 
properly.to  attend  to,  certain  parties,  perhaps  generally 
from  the  Great  Consistory,  and    especially    from    the  , 

Deacons,  were  appointed  to  this  office.  There  was  at 
elaborate  form  prepared  for  their  use, which  was  printed 
in  the  older  editions  of  the  Liturgy,  and  which  these 
special  officers  read  to  the  sick,  in  whole  or  in  part,  to- 
gether with  the  Creeds.  There  were  two  terms  used 
to  describe  these  duties,  viz.:  Krankenhezoeker  am! 
Ziekentrooster-  The  former  means  a  visitor  of  th 
who  are  overtaken  by  sickness;  while  the  latter,  strictly 
speaking,  means  a  comforter  of  confirmed  invalids.  | 

doubt  the  two  terms  were  used  interchangeably.  » 

While  many  agencies  are  now  devised  to  help  all 
classes  of  the  sick  and  to  relieve  the  distressed,  it  is  an 
interesting  circumstance  that  the  1  hitch  Reformed 
Church,  the  oldest  in  the  Empire  State  by  half  a  cen- 
tury had  a  unique  provision  for  this  very  work  from  the 
beginning.  t 


if 


i  I 


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With  Peter  Minuit,  the  first  Director-General  of  the 

t     Colony  in  New  Amsterdam,  came  in   1626,  offi 

the  Established  Church  of  the  Netherlands,  not,  indeed, 
clergymen,  hut  two  "Krankenbezoekers,"  wh  *e  par 

I  ticular  ecclesiastical  duty  it  was  to  read  to  the  people 

on  Sundays  "some  texts  out  of  tin-  Scriptures,  t  .-ether 
with  the  Creeds."*  These  were  Sebastian  Jansen 

'.  (or  Crol)  and  Jan   Iluyck.     When,    in     1628,  the    first 

minister,  Jonas  Michaelius,  arrived  and  organized  the 
church,  now  known  as  the  Collegiate  Church,  Huyck 
or  Huyghen,  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  two  elders,  I 
having  been  sent  to  1'ort  ( Grange  as  Vice- 1  director 
In  the  charter  to  establish    "Patroonships,"    in    this 

/  country,  1629-30,  it  is  required  of  the  Patroons  thai 

J  they  "shall  particularly  exert  themselves  to  find  speed) 

means  to  maintain  a  clergyman  and  schoolmaster,  in 

J.  order  that  Divine  Service  and  zeal  tor  religion  may  be 

planted  in  that  country  and  1  must  I  send  at  first,  a  Com- 
forter of  the  sick  thither."  - 
The  line  of  thought  which  these  Krankenbezockcrs, 

\  or  Ziekentroosters  read,  in  the    performance    of    their 

duty  is  herewith  given. 

)  Its  title  reads:  "The  Consolation  of  the  Sick;  which 

•  is  an  Instruction  in  Faith  and  the  Way  of  Salvati 

prepare  Believers  to  die  willingly." 

It  refers  first  to  our  original  creation  in  righteous- 
ness; the  fall  and  original  sin,  and  the  penalty  i»t  death, 


♦Iicodhcad,  in  his  "  History  of  the  State  of  New  Yttk,"  tefl       In  the  chimb 
in  Holland  it  is  tjie  duty  of   the  "KranWu -,.,■,  ken 

and  pray  with  the  sick.    To  this  day  the  *  voorleeaen,"  or  clerk*,  ia  i   - 

in  Holland  read  the  Scriptures  and  the  Creed  hom  the  '  • 

ery  under  the  pulpit.     Until  a  recent  period  this  custom  «•>*  eefM  I 
the  Reformed  Dutch  Churches  in  this  country. 


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with  many  proof-texts  of  the  brevity  and  vanity  of  I 
of  the  Providence  of  God,  who  determines  our  j 

our  weakness  and  general  sinfulness,  and  our  exposure 
to  the  Divine  wrath;  and  then  of  the  gift  of  Christ  as  the 
Light  of  the  World,  as  an  atonement  for  our  sins,  and 
through  whom  we  may  triumph.  Very  many  beauti- 
ful texts  are  then  quoted  about  the  love  of  God  to  sin- 
ners; the  person  and  work  of  Christ;  His  worthine* 
our  love,  and  the  duty  of  prayer  and  faith  in  Christ. 
His  intercession  for  sinners  is  then  specially  empha- 
sized, and  His  willingness  to  save  all  classes  of  men. 
The  peace  which  God  gives  the  believer  in  Christ 
then  referred  to,  whatever  may  have  been  the  hein  nis- 
ness  of  our  sins.  Hence  the  believer's  right  to  be  de- 
sirous to  be  delivered  from  this  mortal  body  and  to  en- 
ter on  the  glorious  inheritance  of  the  children  of  God 
This  is  again  supported  by  many  delightful  texts 
Scripture.  The  benefits  of  tribulation  are  then  referred 
to,  and  the  certainty  of  the  believer's  victory;  also  the 
importance  of  always  watching  for  the  change  and 
fighting  against  the  temptations  to  which  we  are 
posed.  Regeneration  and  the  fruits  oi  the  Spirit  are 
next  alluded  to,  with  the  resurrection  of  the  body,  and 
the  blessedness  of  those  who  believe  in  Christ.  These 
shall  hear  his  welcome:  "Come,  ye  blessed,  etc. 
The  form  ends  with  "Blessed  are  they  whose  names  are 
written  in  the  Book  of  Life."  I 


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N.  MANCHESTER, 
INDIANA